I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.