A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

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

The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.

If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.