I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.

I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers... it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.

It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.

WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.