What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career, that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.

You can't really get into regular football after you watch Australian rules football because it's just two different ends of the totem pole.

A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.

In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.

I'm not going to put my energy into dunking every time I get the ball. That's stupid.

Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.

I've had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats.

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart.

These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure.

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game.

Those who have eyes…do not know their happiness.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

Sooner
 or 
later 
it 
would 
happen: 
strength 
would 
change
 into 
consciousness.

This is everything I thought I didn't want. Or didn't need. But I'm here now and it's everything I need and the only thing I want.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?

The absence of hope can rot a society from within.

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

It's better to not set your expectations high. And that's what happens when you have a long career - not every album is going to be record setting.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.