I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody.

I'm a season kind of guy - not the preseason but the regular season.

Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'

There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

I don't know their names. Their names have been erased from my memory banks. If I tried to bring 'em back, I'd get shocked.

He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.

We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One.