Basketball isn't just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship between you and the ball, you and your teammates. If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

Drugs have been in the game for a long time. They were there when I was in college, and even in high school. It's in life. It's in business. It's everywhere.

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.

It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away from home. That's a challenge to right there and that perks my competitive juices.