They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Don't give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.

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.

There's Michael [Jordan], then there's the rest of us.

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.

For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.