I had my house converted to the Colorado altitude, so I am always above sea level.
It's hard to get recognition when your team is losing.
I try not to do the fantasy thing. If I didn't get hurt, what would I be? Who knows? When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.
When you're in that zone there's nothing really the defense can do ... It doesn't matter who's sticking you because everything looks good.
I want to be the best in whatever I do.
As happy as I am off the floor, on the floor I am the opposite. I don't take any crap.
A woman gave my dad $400 so we could get an apartment. We were living in a park. That's how we got started: Four hundred bucks, and look at me. When I donate a computer to a school, I never know what's going to come out of it.
When something drastic happens in our life, one person goes and hides and doesn't want to be seen. That's what I did. [Others] want to stand up and fight and think they're tough. Like if someone gets shot, you're either scared of guns or you think you're Superman. In my situation, I wanted to hide. I didn't want to be seen anymore.
You have to do everything to help your team out. I have the ability to rebound, so I might as well go and do it to help my team win.
This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?
I'm still trying to be a kid. I really don't want to feel like an adult.
As a player leaving early, you always look back and wonder what could have been. But you have to be happy with your decisions, because you ultimately have to live with them.
Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me.
