When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights where we took a beating and got whacked across the head. But we got better along the way, and we started to taste the success. With that came the pressure and expectations to be successful.
I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.
There are a lot of people from my Central Arkansas days that I owe a lot of thanks to for how they helped me over the years.
Most of basketball is in the mind. But it helps to have big hands.
I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy.
I'm a family man, and I couldn't be happier. My wife and I have been blessed with an incredible family, and my kids are my life.
It's not easy to win 60 games in the NBA.
Lacking a dominant big man is a tall order.
As a young player, achieving All-Star status isn't as easy as you might think.
Coaching jobs are far and few between; you try and get into the right situation and take advantage of it from there.
I'm proud to be considered a member of the Nike family.
I don't really have any regrets.
I had watched Magic my whole career, even before my career, and so I knew the style of player that he was, and I knew what I had to do to prohibit him from being as effective on the basketball court as he had been throughout his career.
It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.
Every team deals with obstacles throughout the course of the season, and it's as a unit that they need to be worked through. Injuries are part of the game, just like facing tough teams on the road or having one of your best players get into foul trouble.
I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to.
You've got to have a commitment to your craft.
I went through ups and downs as a young player dealing with criticism and things of that nature. To finally win that first NBA championship, it was definitely a relief of a lot of pressure and frustration we dealt with as a team. It was great to bring a championship to the city of Chicago.
I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. I couldn't handle them. Couldn't even put the weights on. It was embarrassing. So I always figured out ways to avoid lifting when I was young.
I wouldn't give Charles Barkley an apology at gunpoint. He can never expect an apology from me... If anything, he owes me an apology for coming to play with his sorry, fat butt.
