I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

What really excited me at the end was the challenge of being the best I can be and prolonging my best level and playing against the best players in the world. But now that I don't have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world when it counts, in front of fans, it doesn't excite me as much.

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Well, my favorite band is Radiohead. But, you know, I am pretty fascinated in general with music. I love music. It is definitely an interest.

I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.

You can't worry about things you have no control over.

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.