You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.

When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun.

That's one of my biggest obstacles. I'm afraid of failure. I want to succeed so bad that I become afraid of failing.

When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first.