I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.

Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.

To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.

If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.

Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?

A good leader must be fair.