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 think the reason why I'm the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.

We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.

To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple.

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

We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.

If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had