Honestly now, I'm so much more comfortable at the line and I've gotten so many reps up. Now I feel like when I shoot it, I go up so much more confident thinking, 'OK I'm going to make this one.'

I was a kid growing up in Houston, didn't have a lot - three younger brothers, a single mom. It was tough.

People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.

To improve my free throws I went back to the mechanics and really learning how to have form and shoot the ball, so I have to get comfortable with that.

To be the first person to do anything, you're a legend.

My grandma tells me, 'Do you focus when you're up there?' I'm like, 'Yeah, I think about shooting a free throw.' I don't miss them on purpose. I promise, I'm not betting on the games.

Tim Duncan is one of the greatest power forwards in the history of our game. Being younger and just watching him play, winning championships, that was always cool to be able to play against him.

I really thought about being on one team for my entire career, and that was really important to me.

This is very special, winning the gold for your country.

I just don't want to go to the All-Star game to be in the dunk contest and go home. I want to be there competing in the game with a couple of my teammates.

First Team All-Defense, that was great, that was one of my goals coming into this league, and I've got that a couple times. But First Team All-NBA, that's bigger than a lot of things; that's bigger than being an All-Star.

I mean, I'm 6-11, and I'm pretty athletic, I think.

I'm not like the skinniest guy, so I feel like I should at least get 10 rebounds for our team a game.

I really put a lot of pressure on myself.

My motivation is only for us to win a championship. Anything else, I'm not concerned about.

Everybody wants to play late, everybody wants to be clutch.

I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus.

My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.

Defense is my main priority, and offense is going to come second.

I love to compete.

When I'm wearing my uniform I'm still locked into the game.

It's always fun playing in your home state.

I think there are always growing pains with teams.

I'm going to continue to get better at the line.

Dirk was obviously a player that I looked up to. In high school I actually wore No. 41 in honor of Dirk. He was the first player where I was like this guy is seven-feet tall and shooting jump shots and shooting threes, this is what I want to be like.

It's hard to have fun with your friends with your bosses around.

I mean, I love Walter White.

I think what's bad is that there aren't centers in the All-Star voting anymore.

Every decade the game changes and evolves, but by no means do I think the center position is dead, because there's still a lot of great centers.

I played all sports coming up in Texas. I played basketball, football, baseball, ran track. All through high school I did all of that.

Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.

With my size and my athleticism, I should be at least double-digit rebounds every game.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

Oh, man, I was a stick in high school. I had a bird chest; I got called that a lot: 'Bird chest.' But I've always been comfortable with my body, even when I was super skinny.

When you're younger, everyone wants to be a point guard. Everyone wants to shoot fadeaway jump shots all day. Nobody wants to be a big man. Nobody wants to go stand on the block and just set picks.

I feel like me and Batman have a lot in common. Out on the basketball court, I'm a vigilante.

I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will get that.

I don't care what other people think about me to be honest with you.

People are always going to be tough on you.

People think you're 30 and think you're old. I hate that.

Being out there, I know how to play the game and know my spots. Just get rebounds, block shots, defend.

I'm just saying if one team out of 30 goes small, that don't mean everybody else is doing it.

Anytime you can help a younger player out that's what you're supposed to do.

I want to play as long as I possibly can.

If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.

In any situation in order to excel and reach the pinnacle with a group of people, there have to be sacrifices.

I had a lot of veteran guys who taught me things.

Knicks fans are great. New York fans in general are awesome. They're passionate as hell, they know the sports, they know the game.