When you get punched, you have to get up.You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.

I love being in the gym.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.

I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it.

There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you.

We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.