The only person who can really motivate you is you.

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.

I'm still here. I'm a force to be reckoned with... you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot. I'm ready to go. As big men in the league, there are two who have done something special during this millennium. I'm one and Tim Duncan is the other. Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I'm still the Shogun.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

I'll hit them when it matters.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.