I can't have people always having their opinions floating my way.
I like playing in Chicago.
If an athlete plays the guitar, they say, 'That's so cool, he can play the guitar.' But if a guy raps, they say, 'Please don't be another rapper,' only because the rappers are so bad. I promise I'm not anything like that.
I'm not making music to get played in a club.
A lot of people celebrate the '80s. I was a '90s guy. The best music, and basketball, was at its high in the '90s, with all of the best players, playing the best style of basketball in that era, and Michael Jordan winning six rings in the city I grew up in.
Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don't play the starter minutes, when you don't play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform.
I'd rather somebody expect a lot out of me than nothing at all.
I can't begin to try to articulate the competitive nature I possess.
Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and push through without making it worse.
My high threshold for pain will allow me to battle through pretty much anything if I find a way to run and slide.
To me, rapping is an art.
I express myself through song when I can't let people in on my thoughts otherwise. I need the creative process.
The NBA actually encourages balanced living. Realistically, basketball only takes up about six hours of your day before it becomes counterproductive.
Rap isn't that time-consuming for me, compared to an ordinary artist. I do not stay in the studio all day.
As I go back and look at the film, if I look at my first year, every time I caught the ball, I was looking to do something.
It doesn't matter what position they put me at; I've just got to make sure that I come out and play right.
I think when I started playing against some of the best guys on the AAU circuit, I started to look at myself and say, 'I am one of these guys.'
Everyone will say something about confidence or something if you miss a couple shots. You've just got to keep shooting.
As long as we win, I'm happy.
When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.
