Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

I'm all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don't, I can live with myself.

I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the love of the game of basketball.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

Suddenly all is quiet. The other nine players? They're all moving in slow motion! I'm at normal speed! I know where everyone's going even before they know themselves. The basket is huge, maybe six feet across! How can I miss? It's like throwing a rock into a pond.

It doesn't matter who scores. If you have an opportunity to score, you score.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.