I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.
Everything on my body has a meaning. I don't do art just because. It does look cool but it also has a meaning.
I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.
Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.
We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.
People only know what they see on TV.
I have my own identity as a player.
I think everybody has their own unique style.
I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.
I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.
It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court.
I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.
I can't palm a basketball.
What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.
I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.
I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan.
It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.
There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it.
As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.
Leadership is something I was born with.
I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.
The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.
The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.
I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of basketball and I am surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.
It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.
