"My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field."

"In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there."

"If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates."

"I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can."

"I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me."

"You practice Monday through Friday in college, or Monday through Saturday in the pro's - and then you just go out and knock somebody's head off."

"Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that."

"There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it."

"The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach."

"When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different."

"The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don't see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach."

"When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball."

"People look at me like I'm on my way out of the game. I'm just getting started."

"I just want to get on the court."

"Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor."

"You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun."

"When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun."

"I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games."

"We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games."

"The new guys bring energy, intensity and emotion. The last couple games, they showed what they can bring to the team."

"I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to."

"I can't palm a basketball."

"I have my own identity as a player."

"These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves."