I was shooting 45 times a game. What was I supposed to do? Pass it into Chris Mihm & Kwame Brown?
We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make sacrifices that come along with making that decision.
Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.
What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings.
I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.
I’m a scorer, not a triple-double player.
I don’t want to say I’ll be back at the top of my game because everybody’s gonna think I’m crazy and it’s the old player not letting go sort of thing, but that’s what it’s gonna be.
Love me or hate me. It’s one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I’m a veteran, a champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I’m loved for the exact same reasons.
What I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection... and if I don’t get it, I’m going to get this close.
I realize now that there’s a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn’t as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.
The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That’s motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
It really doesn’t matter to me. We’re just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we’re just talking about clothes.
It doesn’t matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace – I’d play anywhere.
When I’m finished playing, I want people to say, ‘He handled this well, he kept his cool.’
It’s disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There’s no bravado to any of it; it’s just a disgusting little trick.
I had some shots that I felt like I should’ve made; I just didn’t make them. I’m not going to shoot the ball great every night.
The only thing I’m afraid of is bees. I don’t like bees. I’m allergic to them.
If they want to win right now, I’m all for it. That’s all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren’t as young as they used to be.
This is an award I couldn’t have won on my own. I can’t thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.
You just stay patient, that’s all.