[When you're on fire] it feels like nobody's out there, you're playing by yourself. You don't care how good a defender is guarding you.

I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.

I like to smile, even in intense situations. My opponents don't know how to react when they see me smile.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.