Always stay positive and keep positive people around you.
The hardest part was four days after the surgery - my heart rate was very high, I was choking, I couldn't cough, and I started crying. And it was seeing the way my chest looked, definitely deformed. I'm a fit guy, I'm a skinny guy, but to look in the mirror I was bloated with all of the meds.
Going through heart surgery, being on blood thinners, having been in the hospital is not something you want to go through. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
When you get to a team whether you're traded, drafted, or signed, you owe it to the organization and your teammates to give it your all.
Sometimes you can get into a phase where you takes things for granted, especially each day. When you go through something life-threatening, something that could change something you love, it makes you appreciate it much more.
I'm blessed to see another day. For something like that, with any strenuous activity, the tissue could rupture. Could have died, quite frankly. I'm grateful to the doctors in Boston that detected the aneurysm.
I appreciate the route God put me through.
When I talk, it's meaningful. It's useful. I don't just talk to talk.
Each day I give it my all, whether good or bad.
I don't take nothing for granted.
To me basketball is secondary. I had to really fight for my life. I almost died over this game.
At the end of the day I did have LeBron James on my team.
A lot of us take the game for granted, but that's not the case for me. I'm truly humbled by the game and when I say it, I mean it.
I overcame a big struggle and was able to play in the most prestigious league in the world - something that kids dream of - and play for a long time.
I'm going to be a dad in a couple of weeks and by the grace of God, He's allowing me to see this moment and I can't wait. I think about it every day. My fiance and I have pillow talk about it every day, all day. I rub her belly, I'm blessed and I can't wait for my little princess to get here.
With what I've gone through, that's why I try to not let a lot of stuff stress me out.
I'm tired of losing.
I have my days like everyone else, but mostly I'm the calm guy. I'm the laid-back one.
Money comes, and money goes. I just want to win games. I could care less how much money is riding on a rebound.
I'm the kind of guy who will talk to anybody.
