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I don't think I'm boring.
What drives me is winning championships.
You have to know how to keep things in perspective.
You're going to see ups and downs your whole career.
If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god.
I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.
I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player.
If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that.
The day when I am satisfied with what I have, will be the day I retire from the sport.
My mom was a model, and her laid-back but put-together sensibility really rubbed off on me.
Well, actually, I'm a bisexual lesbian in a man's body... but it's more complicated than that.
Watching tape is key. I basically watch every game. It's the only way to break down your opponents.
I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.
In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.
You never know, the way technology is going, we might all use the games for scouting by the time I retire.
We have a pretty tough schedule coming up. We have to stay strong mentally and must focus on getting better.
My focus is on comfort, so I tend to keep it simple and casual - both during and after the basketball season.
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.
When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.
When I was small, playing NBA Live, that's how I knew everyone in the NBA. That's how I learned about the players.
Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.
I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with it.
For me, speed isn't anything I ever practiced. It's all in the genes. Plus, my mom gave me a lot of vitamins when I was small.
I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.
I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.
Everything feels like you're in slow motion and everything you do seems like it's about two or three plays of what everybody else is doing.
Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.
It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed.
Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.
When there is talk about the best point guards, sometimes they dont talk about me. But that is not my main motivation. They can talk about Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul. I still have the most rings.
If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I think people realize he's one of the best ever, but if he played in New York, he'd be way more famous.
When Boston and Orlando told me they were going to pick me at 21 and 22, I figured I don't need to do a workout for a second -round team. Boston and Orlando never drafted me because they said I was too skinny and no European point guard will make it in the League.
Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.