It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team is.

Athletes are moved - human beings are moved - by challenges.

I was a different kind of kid. Pau always knew what he wanted. He was really good at school, really responsible. I was more of a loose cannon, honestly. I was running around and outside, and getting into a little trouble more than anything. But always in a good way. It was never my fault. It was the other guy. I was just there.

You have pretty much the same fan base in Memphis, year over year the same group. We watched teenagers in the stands become parents. You'd see little kids become young men and women. Those relationships mean much more than just basketball.

I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.

I listen to rap, reggae, Nirvana and Guns N' Roses.

When you're young, you make mistakes. But eventually you learn from them.

I think once I had my kids that kind of made it like, 'Look, you have to be the best you can be so they have a good example at home.' You want to give them the best food, what's best for them.

The way I grew up was making the right play every time.

The whole process of trying to win a ring, it's beautiful.

You can be selfish by being too unselfish at times.

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.

I'm team-first.

I like the Patagonia in Argentina.

I really want to live longer. It's a goal of mine.

If you only take money in the bank and never put money in the bank, you'll go broke.

I like to communicate, to share the ball.

The older you get the more you realize that life is more than just basketball. Your vision of the world gets much wider, and you're not the centre of it no more. You understand that you're a moving part and that you have other responsibilities.

You just need to be happy, and once you're happy with yourself then you can do more things.

Obviously, for my line of work, I cannot eat barbecue that often. It takes a little bit to digest and it's not the healthiest thing to eat.

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the pass where you look away or anything. Just the right pass at the right time to get somebody open is just beautiful. There is nothing better than that. It's contagious - it makes everybody happy.

I could always shoot and pass.

Gardening does so much for your brain. You're learning how a process works, and how important it is to do everything right so that you can eventually enjoy a tomato three months later. I've always been patient, but gardening really helps you with that.

For as much respect and love as we have for this game, there are other things things in our lives that are important to us, too.