As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

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

I don't know any other other team that got to the finals without two all stars.

I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.

Basketball isn't easy. All my life I've been striving to make myself better. It's a full time commitment. To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you've reached your limit, it's only the beginning, that's when the time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more, because if you've got the drive, the discipline, and the resolve to do what it takes to make yourself great, then the rewards are endless.

I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.

Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life.