I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they think I should do. That doesn't make me happy. What makes me happy is being able to make plays for my teammates, to be able to represent the name on the back of my jersey.

I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.

Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning.

I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now.