My dream was bigger than anything else. My fight and me wanting to fulfill what I wanted to be in life. That was enough to keep me strong enough to endure anything.

Either you give in, or you fight. That's all I know, being where I'm from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. The only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for what I wanted in life.

If you're from Virginia, then you know some white people from Poquoson don't like black people.

As far as how I expressed 'practice, practice, practice' over and over again, I wouldn't take that back because, obviously, that sound bite is great for the media and for the fans, because they love it.

Detroit was a bad situation for me.

LeBron ain't got none of my game, but his heart is all mine.

I'm the biggest Westbrook fan, I think, there is. You know what I mean? Because he reminds me so much of myself as far as his heart and laying it on the line night in and night out. Just a guy that's going to bring it every single night.

That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.

I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.

So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.

I didn't do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.

I don't really care too much about what people who don't care about me say about me, but a lot of times, you know, I get tired of defending myself.

I'm a father; I'm a friend. I think I've got the biggest heart in the world. A lot of times, that's not a good thing. It's a gift and a curse.

You hit road blocks in life, but I'm living proof that you can overcome those road blocks and become what you want to become.

At times, I might have been too young; I might have been too naive at times and didn't understand who I really was to a whole culture.

I want to play basketball so bad.

A negative Allen Iverson story is the greatest Allen Iverson story, for some reason.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

Everybody is their own person.

I don't have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That's the way it's supposed to be, man.

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

I got a lot of love for NBC, Tom Brokaw. He did a lot for me, and I appreciate him, and I owe a lot to him for that.

I failed, got back up. I failed, got back up.

Just understand that there's going to be some ups, there's going to be some downs.