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Winning always cures all.
Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.
My first toy hoop was a Dr. J model!
At the end of the day, only one team wins.
No one grows up wanting to be a sixth man.
Seattle is home, that's first and foremost.
There's nothing like winning and winning at a high level.
It's amazing how being a dad changes your outlook on life.
Sometimes it's more about the journey than the destination.
I love passing. I really do. And I try to get my teammates easy stuff.
I give Seattle credit for grooming me, making me the person I am today.
I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.
I don't have to play just against NBA guys. No, I'll play anywhere, anytime.
I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.
It takes a certain level of maturity to get hit and get knocked down and get back up.
I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.
When you're in high school and you win the state championship, there's no better feeling.
I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.'
Shooters shoot. The worst thing a shooter can do is think. That's the best defense out there.
I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.
I always say in my tweets, don't do something for credit. Do it because it's the right thing to do.
Whenever I retire, I'll still be playing the game, whether that's at an L.A. Fitness or somewhere else.
I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.
I don't want to go to a team that's only won a few amount of games, but it doesn't have to be a contender.
When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.
I've been scoring a lot longer than I haven't been in my life, so I can deal with the ups and downs of it.
I think my style of play, not drinking, I think I'm a product of clean living. I don't drink, don't smoke.
The Knicks were one of my favorite places to play - just the energy of the New York fans in general is amazing.
I'm not talking about any one team but everyone knows how I feel about New York. I really enjoyed my time there.
My earliest childhood memories are of my dad putting a basketball in my hand and playing with me in our backyard.
I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.
I'm not a fan of analytics. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell you what percentage Allen Iverson shot, or Michael Jordan.
Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.
Playing shooting guard is different. On defense you have to chase guys around more. On the point I'm just guarding guys on top.
I don't want people to receive me because I scored 20 points. I want it to be because I made an impression on them that lasts forever.
I'm into people, especially kids and making sure they have a fair shake and making sure they reach their potential. So that's important to me.
I'm always entrenched in the community. I'm always working with the high schoolers, no matter what school they're at. I'm always in my community.
The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.
One of my big influences as a young player was Allen Iverson. All I wanted to do was the left-to-right crossover, because that's the one he was doing most.
Back when I was a freshman-sophomore in high school, I was saying that I was going to Michigan once I saw the Fab Five come through - I was just mesmerized.
I would get mad if Kobe was like, 'I'm not going to shoot that much tonight.' No, no, no, that's your gift. The people want to see you do what you're going to do.
I have to pray before I play, and I gotta eat right before I go out there. For a while when I was younger, I would always eat chicken tenders and fries no matter what.
It's weird watching games and being apart from it but seeing teams that could use you in certain situations. You see where you could help different clubs in different ways.
Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.
I was always a giver by nature. I wanted to make sure the person next to me or maybe even the person I don't know didn't go without if I could help it. That's always been in me.
I was born to play basketball. There's no question about it. That's it. And I'm saying this in my humblest opinion, I do feel that I was born to play this game. I breathe it, I live it.
If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend or even childhood friends, I had my basketball. So it's my first love.
Honestly, I want to be known as a great ball player, but it's more important for me to be known as a good person. Like seriously, the greatest gift you have as a person is to give something to somebody else.
Obviously, having your peers' respect is everything. I learned that a long time ago: that some people see you one way, some people see you another way, but having your peers' respect is what's really important.
I played with Eddy Curry twice and in New York, the second time, he asked, 'Who are you?' My first to fourth year I was a different person. I started thinking big picture, that maybe I don't have all the answers.