I'm not afraid to improve myself spiritually, emotionally, economically. I'm not afraid to take on that challenge.

Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it affected me to where sometimes I would be overly aggressive and, in other ways, it would affect people to where they can't perform on the court.

What happened was, when I got into the brawl in Detroit, I was transitioning into a different type of person, that person that I've become, but that game had so many emotions involved.

I coach a couple players. But it's not a thing where I'm going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just give them the best advice I can and live my life accordingly.

I can play, it's not even a question, man. But, you know, sometimes you don't get in the game, man. What are you going to do? I'm not going to be upset; I'm going to support.

I had this ego that was unstable. If you said anything about me good or bad, it really went to my head.

People can never question how hard I work. That's all I care about.

I'm a goofball. I'm always going to be that. I'm not going to change. If I got a head coaching job, I'm going to continue to laugh and have fun.

When Kobe talks, I shut up and stay out of his way.

Honestly, for me, when the Pacers win a championship, I'll feel a little bit better.

I didn't know how to get along with others. I didn't even know how to be in the same room with other people. Then, after a while, you learn.

I don't care who I align with. Things happen naturally.

A live feeder is somebody who is trying to eat everybody in the room.

I'm just happy that Jesus Christ, um, did not let me lose my teeth when I was 20 years old. 'Cause I was wondering, like, what if you kept your baby teeth until the age of 18 or 20, and then you lose 'em? That would look pretty bad.

I don't feel bad about telling somebody I see a psychologist. I don't feel that you should feel bad about improving yourself.

I'm too direct.

I started to music when I was about 19 years old. Most people that do music, they get training, or they develop themselves before they let their music out. For myself, I was actually developing myself and putting my music out at the same time.

I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV.

The Lakers, they did a lot for me, so I like it here.

I think, at the end of the game, guys gotta trust themselves more. I think sometimes - not myself, but sometimes, guys - they look to Kobe too much.

Now I will bop my head to gangsta music - I'm not going to lie.

I've learned a lot from my own kids. Actually, my son was the reason why I got involved in other things outside of basketball.

I'm from Queensbridge. It's the largest housing project in New York. And growing up in Queens, it was different because I wasn't really experienced in traveling to the City. I never really got used to the City.

Now, you can bring up the past, but anybody can bring up the past. Even my daughter brings up the past sometimes. She makes a lot of jokes about the things that I've done.