No better blessing than the responsibility of fatherhood.

He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.

It represents a Bible verse I wear on my shoe. Philippians 4:13. It says 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' It's also my mantra, how I get up for games and why I play the way I do.

Physically I feel pretty good; that's the main key, is just making sure your body is ready to play every night since you play so many games and I feel like I'm there.

In my late teens, like many a devout Catholic boy, I considered the priesthood and even went as far as discussing the idea at a seminary in Belfast but hesitated. I decided to focus on physics at university, another way perhaps to contemplate the mysteries of reality.

The more years I go, the more experience I have, the more that nutrition and eating the right foods is important for recovery and things like that.

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.