It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA!
I want to bring that childlike approach every night - just go out there and have fun. I want to play like a kid, for fun but with intensity. Play to win.
If you're not getting better in the summer, you're wasting your time.
I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.
We didnt come out with any energy. We know were not good enough to let the game come to us. We have to come with high energy, play hard team basketball and do everything the right way. Coming into the season, we all knew we didnt have too much room for error.
I love getting in the open floor and running.
I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior. We lost in the state championship. It was kind of the same situation, camera in my face, and then that's when I realized it was over I had my moment.
If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.
You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.
I always want to do something groundbreaking, something different. I think that's what it's always about. If you have the means to do it, why not?
You think you're grown in college but you're not, because everything is kind of controlled. You lose the camaraderie and suddenly find yourself alone in an apartment just feeling lost.
I wanted to take on a little bit more of a leadership role. I'm getting older and things are coming to me more and I have to take responsibility for that.
I think we all have our own different styles. [James] LeBron likes to be comfortable - he's going to be more comfortable over everything else. Dwyane [Wade Jr.] likes really stylish stuff. If you bring something questionable he'll try it.
I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic.
I wouldn't like to make anybody cry, I don't dislike anybody. It doesn't even matter - the opponent is always faceless.
I don't really know what depression is, I don't think I've felt it. I probably have. Things aren't the same when you're losing. You're not happy. That can happen. But I try to keep them separate as much as possible.
A woman shouldn't heckle. In the public eye, you have to represent not only you but your spouse, too. You have to be a lady. She just has to sit there, clap, and look pretty.
Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.
People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"
To be honest, politics is so weird. I think it's more heavy than religion.
I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.
Schoolwork came kind of natural to me, but when I brought home a grade that wasn't up to par, my parents let me know it.
Eventually, people are going to find out I can play.
Money is not an issue to me. My mother always tells me, money, it comes and it goes.
I havent won on my birthday since college, so its good to play hard and get a win by double figures.
