“I draw from the crowd a lot.”

If you don’t believe in yourself nobody else will.

I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

You have to rely on others to have success as a group.

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.

Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren’t really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

I don’t have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.

My fans want my shirt. They can have my shirt. They put it on my back.

The cameras used to pass by me; now they’re stopping for me.

People just assume that if you’re famous, you’re in Hollywood.

I truly believe my haters are my motivators.

I will be forever thankful for my fans.

I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.

I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‘Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.’