It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

It seemed like whatever I touched, I was breaking record after record. I just knew I was on. I completely destroyed all existing shooting records there - an omen of things to come.

Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.

The toughest thing for me was growing up and being stared at and being looked at and being talked about in that particular way. Other than that it was a good childhood.

It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.