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I try not to be a typical athlete.
With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate.
If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it.
I've been collecting jerseys and shoes my whole career.
If I tell you there's cheese on the moon, bring the crackers.
Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win.
Look, they ridiculed Jesus Christ, so I'm certainly no exception.
I like to fly under the radar. I don't like my name in everything.
I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot.
I always like to stay even-keeled and just play the game the right way.
LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.
The Stepover definitely made me famous. The thing with Allen Iverson is, he made me.
I hate being on TV, hate dealing with media on TV. All that stuff, I don't like that.
I like cars and houses. I have three houses - in Atlanta, in Kansas City and Houston.
Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity.
I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.
I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.
I know how loyal I was to Coach Blatt, and the people that know me understand that. I have no control over what people think.
All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it.
I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.
When you're prepared, and you do the best you can do, and you put it out there on the floor, you've just got to live with the results.
It's tough coming out of Nebraska, where you're the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player.
I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.
Dealing with LeBron is like a friendship. Coaching, but he understands that I am the boss, and I am going to call the shots, and he is fine with that.
I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man.
I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that.
I always get mad when guys make shots in the first quarter, second quarter, pumping their chest, and then the game on the line, they miss. So you're doing all that for no reason.
My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.
It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.
You can tell a guy the truth, and they might hate you for that day, but they'll come back that night and text you, like, 'You know what? You were right.' I just think if you tell guys the truth, they can respect you more.
I'm always watching. I'm watching everybody. San Antonio, Houston, Golden State, Washington, Boston, I'm watching everything. And my mind is always going: it's always running, and you're always trying to get an advantage somehow.
I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.
As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.
Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back.