We make a living playing basketball. You don't have to be a tough guy or a hard-ass to play this sport. You can be tough but you don't have to have that bravado. Sometimes it's good. But I'm not going to be someone I'm not. It's just me being me.
I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to do it, why not?
Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility in your hands is a little frightening, but it's exciting at the same time.
I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like a kid, for fun but with intensity. Play to win.
If you want to be successful, you are going to have to deal with pressure.
It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA!
There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.
I remember telling my friends I wish I had stayed in school and they didn't understand: "You've got all this money and everything you want." But it wasn't about the money. It was about how I felt right then.
You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost.
Experience has taught me a lot, and I don't want to let that fall by the wayside.
I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.
If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.
I wanted to take on a little bit more of a leadership role. I'm getting older and things are coming to me more and I have to take responsibility for that.
You can't be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.
You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.
Life is not going to be sweet all the time.
Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.
Everyone talks about success, but what happens before? There's always something you have to overcome.
I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.
People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"
Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.
A woman shouldn't heckle. In the public eye, you have to represent not only you but your spouse, too. You have to be a lady. She just has to sit there, clap, and look pretty.
I don't really know what depression is, I don't think I've felt it. I probably have. Things aren't the same when you're losing. You're not happy. That can happen. But I try to keep them separate as much as possible.
If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.
I vote. People died for our right to vote and I can't let that go.
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