Last time I looked at a [pay]check, I said to myself, 'Who the hell is FICA? And when I meet him, I'm going to punch him in the face. Oh my God, FICA is killing me.'

I think I'm one of the patches of the quilt here, myself and Dwyane.

I came here with the perfect chemist's perception. The formula they had was perfect and any added ingredient could make it go bad or worse.

Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.

I take that as an insult, even at 36.

Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

Being that I'm a tropical black man I don't get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That's why they call me Sasquatch. There's no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.