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

I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?

As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.

My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo.

First person who says that to my face, I'll punch you!

I'm a realist. I like to put it in business terms. I ran three different corporations my way and I was successful. But I'm an older guy who is on his way out so they brought me in as a consultant for the new, up-and-coming CEO. I'm here for him.

Being the best right now doesn't do anything for my feathers.