Maybe if I had made the move in my early 20s it would have been different. But I did not feel good at 145.

The last thing I'm trying to do is trying to look to go out into a fight. Ask anybody who knows me, I'm not the first guy to go around and just start pushing people.

The more time you play, the more confidence you get. The more confidence you get, you get a little success.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That's part of being a basketball player.

Guys are more apt to test me than they are to test a Charles Barkley. I think I have to go out and prove myself all the time, and that's fine, because I've had to prove myself my whole life.

With my face, everybody always thinks I'm so young, this little guy.

Players who create advantages for their team at one end or the other are rare.

With my teammates, I'm more open, funnier than people see me.

To me, the All-Star Game is just another step. I try to take all my experiences and put them together. To make the NBA was something, and then to be recognized as an All-Star - although I don't consider myself a star. I see myself as just trying to reach my potential as B. J.

Being an only child, I was alone a lot and I had to make up games.

If I could do anything, I'd ride horses all day.

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

Society is fast - fast food, fast cars, fast everything.

As a parent, when I fail to listen to my kids, when our kids stop bringing us our problems, we have all failed as parents and as leaders.

I just go out there and play and work hard.

There's a way to win, and a way to play, and when you play like that, the ball's moving and guys are looking for each other, the game is fun.

When you come into this league, everyone tries to put you in categories - 'this is what he is' or 'this is what he can do.'

I've learned how to function in chaos.

I'm what you would term a lifer. Basketball is what I love. It doesn't matter where I'm doing it or in what position I'm doing it. I just love contributing to the game.

Being an NBA general manager really is a lot of pressure. There's so much that goes into the job.

Somehow you get past languages. I don't speak Mandarin. I don't speak fluent Italian. I don't speak German. But it's amazing how when you need to get something done, it finds a way.

A true champion walks off with his head high.

Character and class are character and class. Either you have it or you don't.

When you're going out with the attitude that you want to win, you can't get caught up in the style of play.