When stuff happens to you, it just makes you tougher, man.
You never let what someone says bring you down. If you do that, you'd be a chump in this world.
If I read an article and believed everything a guy said about me, I'd believe I was the best person in the world or the worst person in the world, so I can't go off what some guy says about me. I only go off what happens to me.
You get a chance to play, you get a little more comfortable out there on the court, and you just try to make the most out of the time you get.
You've got to go through times in your life when you're not going to make the greatest decisions. But the thing is, I always say, you grade a person on what they've become after they've made some mistakes. Because it's so easy to make mistakes when you're young.
I won so many years in Seattle and then to go to Cleveland... I had a pretty nice year the first year I got there and then the last two years, we just weren't able to make it to the playoffs.
I remember when I was a rookie, there was an article in 'USA Today' that said, 'Larry Bird, he's lost a step.' That night I went out to guard him, he scored, like, 47 on me.
When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.
When I walk into a gym full of kids, I could be having the worst day possible, but once you see the kids smile it changes your whole day around.
I get excited after I dunk. I yell and scream, but it's not yelling and screaming at other players to show them up. It's the way I play. What I do is have fun on the court.
I'm not U.S.A. Olympic image. I didn't go to college. I came from a different route.
Basically take care of your game, and your game will speak for itself.
The only thing that motivates me is to become better.
Every summer, no matter what happens to me in my life, I'm going to work out every day.
I've played eight years and gotten better each season.
I've made my share of mistakes, but I've learned.
Sometimes I don't realize the things I do on the court.
A lot of times, the spectacular play the fans see is not always what I tried to do. It just happens.
I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.
If you have a goal, you have to step forward and try to get it accomplished.
