I'm not going to sit here and dwell on whether or not I am going to the Hall of Fame.
I am going to go on with my life, and if they call me and say 'Yo, you are going to be in the Hall of Fame or you are going to be in this,' then I am going to say, 'So be it.' If I make it, I will go to the ceremony, and I'll have fun.
I've got a lot of stats. I did a lot of stuff.
You make sacrifices. You sacrifice yourself. Do you want to possibly win a championship? Or do you want to be the same person you were when you were 20 and get those same numbers?
When I was playing, it was me playing both ends of the floor, playing offense, playing defense and I gave the ball up with assists. It wasn't like me doing one thing, scoring 25 and having three assists and one steal.
I was guarding the best player and getting 25 and having eight assists, and three-four steals.
Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.
I've done everything - All-Stars, Olympics. The only thing I haven't done is win MVP of the league. There's nothing else I haven't accomplished.
My family played a big part of my success.
To Seattle, Washington, the SuperSonics organization and its fans, the best owners ever in the Ackerley family, I love you. But the best part is that you loved me back.
Gary Payton is evolving, but GP is in the Hall of Fame.
I don't need to be in New York. If you've had a bad game, they're booing you and all that mess.
I will not go to Oklahoma and retire my jersey there.
I got suspended from school once, and my dad came to the school and whooped me in front of everyone. I didn't want that to happen again, didn't want to be embarrassed like that. The guys that I ran with, they respected that and respected my dad too.
Assistants like Tim Grgurich worked with me and watched film of me from my Oregon State days.
What's the difference? Ninety million or 80 million. You still can't spend it all.
I didn't grow up admiring anybody but George Gervin, and I didn't get a chance to play against him. That would've been one of my lifetime accomplishments. I probably would've went crazy if I played against him, because he's like a father to me now.
I'm a big fan of Marcus Smart.
Prove to them people that you should have gotten picked earlier, and then you make your money. The privilege is just getting drafted, and once you get picked, prove to them that you were supposed to be drafted.
When we were playing, it was rough and tough. Even superstars like me fouled out a lot.
