“I prepare myself in the summer to play 48 minutes. It’s not a logical goal, but that’s the way I prepare.”

“You have to get yourself psyched up because you never have a night off defensively, especially at my position.”

“I don’t regret not coming out early. A lot of people felt that I could have been a lottery pick, but we’ll never know.”

“Just think about my rookie year…Magic Johnson came back, I got to play against Michael, and I was on the same team as Charles Barkley. I had to pinch myself at times.”

“To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.”

“I'm just a skinny kid from Maywood trying to do my best. I never took anything for granted. I never wanted to come off like some kind of big-headed, conceited athlete.”

“What am I most proud of? That, as a man, I've made my mom proud. Not just in basketball, but away from the court, too.”