The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.

I try to look at what KG does, what Tim Duncan does, what Amare Stoudamire does ... I compare and evaluate myself with them.

If our minds and hearts are into it, we can be a heck of a team. We can beat anybody.

I'm doing my job. I'm doing what's expected out of me, and I'm proud of the way I've been able to perform and contribute.

I don't settle. That's how I am.

I take losses very personal and very serious.

We have a great friendship that I hope will last our entire lives.