You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me.

I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak.

I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'

Phil took us to the finals three out of the five years and you want to fire him and want to bring in Mike Krzyzewski? Come on, man. That's like being married to J-Lo, then dropping J-Lo for a girl that's 5-10, 480 (pounds).

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

I have never been a shooter.

That's what I do. I get in and get under people's skin and all that stuff. But you will remember me - and that's all that matters.