That team across the way, you tip your hat to them. They did a great job. It showed in these Finals.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

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

This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work.

The letter from Dan Gilbert, the booing of the Cleveland fans, the jerseys being burned -- seeing all that was hard for them. My emotions were more mixed. It was easy to say, 'OK, I don't want to deal with these people ever again.' But then you think about the other side. What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left? How would I react? I've met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man. We've talked it out. Everybody makes mistakes. I've made mistakes as well. Who am I to hold a grudge?

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.