When you are a rookie you are going through everything for the first time, your first DNP, your first not seeing eye to eye with a coach, first understanding trades happen, guys making more money play more. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot of maturing to do.

My passion and love for the game has always kept me going.

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 think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.

I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.

You can be in shape forever, it takes one week to get out of shape.

I just hate being out of shape.

I think my style of play, not drinking, I think I'm a product of clean living. I don't drink, don't smoke.

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.

I used to sneak into the Forum to watch the Lake Show, when I lived in L.A. with my pop. I was born in Seattle, and for fourth, and fifth grade, I went to L.A., then I came back to Seattle and then back to L.A. for eighth, ninth, and 10th grade. But it was easy to sneak in the Forum, like really easy.

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.

When you're in high school and you win the state championship, there's no better feeling.

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

I'm into people that are not too full of themselves. Just regular.

I'm not one for the attention. That's not my thing.

I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.

A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.

Seattle is home, that's first and foremost.

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.

I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.

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 like the fact that when I check in the game, the other players start getting nervous. The other team gets nervous. I like that.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.