If you want to be successful, you are going to have to deal with pressure.
You can't be afraid to get back up and try again, and you really can't do that unless you acknowledge the failure.
It's all about concentration and repetition. That's all it is.
Everyone talks about success, but what happens before? There's always something you have to overcome.
Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.
There were hard days but I never felt sorry for myself.
Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'
If you don't see anything wrong with your game, you need to wake up.
If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.
I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.
Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure.
Experience has taught me a lot, and I don't want to let that fall by the wayside.
I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.
My goal is to be able to play wherever my team needs me.
Life is not going to be sweet all the time.
The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.
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.
You don't have to appreciate me - I hope you underestimate me. That way, when I have a good game, it'll hit you even harder.
I'm real conscious about money still. That's how I came up and you can't shake that.
I know that sacrifices have to be made to play with good teams.
I vote. People died for our right to vote and I can't let that go.
I know how the game is played, and I'm always working on it.
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.
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.
When I was in school, my favorite subject was math. I took algebra and calculus. At an early age I grasped it and understood it quickly. I just enjoyed breaking the codes and solving problems.
