And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.

Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.