Because Of The Makeup Of The Nba,

I Grabbed 19 Rebounds In My First Professional Game, And Somehow Found A Way To Score 20 Points. I Felt Real Good About It. I Felt That This Was The Beginning Of Something Good.

I Firmly Believe That Respect Is A Lot More Important, And A Lot Greater, Than Popularity.

I've Always Tried To Tell Myself That The Work Itself Is The Thing, That Win, Lose, Or Draw, The Work Is Really What Counts.

And From The First Time I Picked Up A Basketball At Age Eight - I Had A Lot Of Difficulty When I First Picked Up A Basketball, Because I Was A Scrub - There Were Things That I Liked About It.

My Role Models In The Business Were The Older Guys On My Team When I First Got There: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These Were The Guys Who Took Me Under Their Wing, And Really Schooled Me In Terms Of What The Business Was About.