When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.

When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.