Kobe never got complacent. He always wanted more. And I think, ultimately, that's going to be his legacy.

I'm from the middle of nowhere, Virginia.

I watch video now of me in college, and I just think, What are you doing, man?

There needs to be a dialogue between coaches, fans, players and administrators to promote positivity in the stands.

My last four years in Orlando, I was a really good player but I wasn't a full-time starter.

When I come to the arena, my mind is on basketball, not thinking I'm walking a runway.

My second year in the league I played zip.

I would much rather invest in stocks, bonds, private equity and hedge funds than watches.

Some collectors do but no, I don't look at watches as an investment.

Player movement is good, and guys should be able to choose where they want to play.

I won't take a shot unless I think it's going to go in.

I think my confidence and competitiveness - that will - comes from my mother. I always knew my mom loved me, and she always made me feel like I was - I don't want to say 'special' - but that I was capable of doing things. Before I ever shot a basketball or before I ever threw a baseball, I had confidence, and that was from my mother.

For me, I can only talk so much about basketball, and I get a little bored.

You want your kids to grow up in a world that's better than the one you grew up in. I'm not talking about my own family's wealth. I'm talking about the actual world and all the issues that we have.

My closet is my happy place.

As you progress as a basketball player, the world around you becomes more and more chaotic. There's more talent, there are more distractions - and these are all factors that create a lack of control. By having a routine, by having habits that I can fall back on, it's my way of enacting control. It's the only thing I can control.

Winning is really hard in this league.

As a U.S. History major, there is something very cool about being in cities, and walking the streets of Philadelphia or Boston or New York and seeing historical sites.

For me, I spent four years at Duke, and I was 22 my rookie year. For a lot of guys, I was old as a rookie, but nothing could prepare me for the NBA, both on the court and off the court.

It seems like you have to put so much into winning on the road and playing well on the road.

I know when I was a kid, I looked up to athletes. So, if an athlete spoke out on an important issue, then I was probably more likely to hear that opinion and to see that stance and recognize the importance of that.

I'm very grateful to be able to give back.

We're going to have a generation of kids whose norm will be people just being addicted to their phones. And that's what scares me. The impact on my kids, I think about that daily. Like, what is this doing to me and my family?

Twitter has now just become a bunch of angry voices. That for me, I had to detach from there.