“I’m not perfect. But I am trying every day to concentrate on being better."

"I don’t put pressure on myself. I just compete."

"If you’re struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds—do anything on the court to help the team win."

"As long as you get the win, that’s the most important thing."

"You have to go through good times and bad times to get where you’re trying to go."

"One of the things you have to learn is that you don’t have to have the ball all the time to be effective."

"I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game."

"If I was trying to make everyone happy, I could only rap about cartoons and the Rugrats. My hip-hop fans wouldn’t accept that."

"Mistakes happen. But after a while you’ve got to stop making them happen twice."

"You honestly don't really feel it when the shots are going down. You don't ever get the goose bumps until the fans start to appreciate what you're doing."