I am and always will be a leader.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

Nothing means more to me than helping my team win.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

I am not a passenger in anything I do. I am and always will be a leader.

You have to work hard at things.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions.

A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.

People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.

It's so rewarding the journey that I've been on.

I realize that if I were in that situation - living a hard life with people telling them they're not worthy of love - maybe I would be that strong and that brave.

I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective.

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.