Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.

The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.

Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.

We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York.