It's superb, definitely. Something that is new to me, that is shocking. I got the news last night about 3 in the morning, and I don't think I even went back to bed.

One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

It [would have] been very difficult. As I said, the rules ... but if the rules were put in place back when Michael Jordan was in his prime - no hand-checking, the game was more geared toward offense, wanting to promote scoring in the game - he could have probably got close. He did score 69.

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.

I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.

We aren't playing as well as we'd like.