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

You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.

My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

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.

You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.