You know, you've got fans and 99.9 percent of them are great-and .1 percent are jerks.

Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to align. I'm finally a Laker...

I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.

Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble.' So I've got to back off.

I honestly didn't even know who the coach was when I was coming to New York. I just wanted to win a championship; I didn't even know who was coaching. I didn't care. It could have been Aunt Jemima. They could have had the syrup coaching. I was coming here regardless. I just wanted to win a championship here.

Always have fun but stay hungry. Find that balance.