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The Spurs really are a family.
I want to be the best Blazer - ever.
When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.
I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.
I'm a private person; I'm pretty to myself.
I don't forget nothing. It's a vault up here.
I think I play well getting up and down the court.
I've always had a very cordial relationship with Kobe.
My long arms help me as I try to become more versatile.
As I get slower and older, I'm going to shoot more threes.
Some days, you wake up with extra energy, that extra juice.
When I was really rolling in Portland, I was top five in minutes.
When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.
Since I've gotten stronger, I can hold a guy off and get a rebound.
Man, I'm pretty spoiled in San Antonio. I don't do media every day.
I've had to fight through a lot of adversity, but I just kept fighting.
I miss playing basketball and the city of Portland and the Rose Garden.
I'm actually a better passer out of the post than I am in pick-and-rolls.
I do love being at home. But when it's forced, it's a little bit different.
I can't just tell the guys I want the ball, I have to do it with my body language.
I don't really need bulk, just strength. I can get strong without putting on weight.
I'm definitely not one to prolong things and drag it out, that's not really my personality.
You have to do your job and put your best foot forward and focus on what you have to do to win.
I move very well. Being able to go at different types of players, that's where I have an advantage.
I struggle with playing low minutes and trying to keep a rhythm. I've just never been able to do it.
When I think about it, it's kind of weird, but I do take shots without looking at the rim sometimes.
I've been told that I've shot the ball a lot better since I've been injured, so that's kind of weird.
I don't like new environments. I don't like being around a lot of new people. It makes me uncomfortable.
When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing.
My coach, Robert Allen, helped me a lot. He had more influence on my growth as a player than anyone else.
It's an offensive foul if you go into the defender's body, but if I fade and a guy runs into my leg, it's a foul.
It was never about trying to make the All-Star Game. It's about being back at that high level to help a team win.
I've been playing NBA Live since I was little, and I won't lie, I always play with the team with the highest rating.
I love video games. I had a Sega Genesis and a Nintendo 64 growing up, and I've had every 'NBA Live' that has ever come out.
I really enjoy being out on the court and going through the grind and battling. That's something a video game can't do for you.
I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.
I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.
I feel bad saying this but, I can't eat that because I'm on a diet. So, if I'm eating breakfast tacos, I'm not going to play well.
My first car was an '86 Honda Prelude. It was redone, so it had a new motor, new paint, rims... but it wasn't nearly as much as my Range Rover.
I feel like I've made some good memories in San Antonio. I feel like I'm in a really good family in San Antonio. They understand me. I understand them.
I came from poverty and a tough household where we didn't have enough money to really eat, to where I am now. I know it was God giving me the guidance.
I feel like everything with me gets blown out of proportion. I think it's because I'm so quiet about things that people just run with anything they hear.
When I was younger, I used to spend a lot of time either by myself or with my mom. But when I hit high school, she really became one of my close friends.
I take pride in just knowing how to do things. Whenever a coach tells me to do something, I always try to do it the way he said or do it to my best ability.
The issue you have with two competitive guys being brought up the same way is that you don't have one person who goes out of his way to make a relationship.
I like my little shell. I like my little circle of three or four people that I'm close to. I think that comes off as bad to people that don't really know my personality.
I think working so hard in Portland to earn the right to have it be my team and to have my own team over the years and try to play at a high level, that was hard-earned.
I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.
I'm a fighter. So if you're going to doubt me or say that I can't do something, I'm going to prove to you I can do it. And when I do it, hopefully I earn your respect and you'll know it didn't come easy to me.
I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.