I always say in my tweets, don't do something for credit. Do it because it's the right thing to do.

I tell kids to be as passionate about your education as you are about anything else in life.

When I was in college going through the draft process my dad was like, 'Hey Michael Jordan loves your game,' I'm like dad? This is before social media; this is before any of that so I'm like, 'Dad, get out of here, there's no way you can know that Michael Jordan likes my game.'

Like, I don't do drills at all. I think that's why a lot of people who handle the basketball, I think mine looks different. You know, 'cause I've never done a drill. I've never done 'get to a chair and go through your legs,' or 'get to a spot and a cone and go through your legs or behind your back.'

You know when you put two great players together, you're going to have to work through some things.

You look at my career, when the fit was right, I contributed on the court.

It doesn't matter if it's one person in the gym or 10,000, I've always played to win.

I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.'

I just play ball. I just get lost in the game.

I feel like part of the reason I play basketball so much is it just feels good. In the summer I play every single day.

Basketball has given me everything.

I mean, a guy can get 20 points a game. But if you are not winning, who's really paying attention? It's like, 'yeah, his game is nice. But I need to see him do it when it counts, when it really matters and something is on the line.'

The Knicks were one of my favorite places to play - just the energy of the New York fans in general is amazing.

I'm always entrenched in the community. I'm always working with the high schoolers, no matter what school they're at. I'm always in my community.

I think being a championship-contending team, you have to have a championship-level coach to take you over the top.

If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend or even childhood friends, I had my basketball. So it's my first love.

I love passing. I really do. And I try to get my teammates easy stuff.

It's always special when my kids come to my games. It changes everything. You know they're there watching and you know how excited they are to see you on the court.

It's amazing how being a dad changes your outlook on life.

As I've grown in the league and in life, having my kids around and seeing their growth and development is special and it's something I wouldn't trade for all the jobs in the world.

When you bring one of your top scorers, your top players off the bench, it really gives your team balance.

I like the fact that when I check in the game, the other players start getting nervous. The other team gets nervous. I like that.

Obviously, having your peers' respect is everything. I learned that a long time ago: that some people see you one way, some people see you another way, but having your peers' respect is what's really important.

I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.

I was born to play basketball. There's no question about it. That's it. And I'm saying this in my humblest opinion, I do feel that I was born to play this game. I breathe it, I live it.

Seattle is home, that's first and foremost.

A prodigy to me is someone that is enormously gifted at a young age - to the point that people can't deny it. I think when you are a young kid and you are a prodigy, other parents, when their child is on your team, they aren't even mad that their kid isn't getting the shine because that other kid is special.

I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.

I like being different.

I'm not one for the attention. That's not my thing.

I'm into people that are not too full of themselves. Just regular.

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

When you're in high school and you win the state championship, there's no better feeling.

Back when I was a freshman-sophomore in high school, I was saying that I was going to Michigan once I saw the Fab Five come through - I was just mesmerized.

I used to sneak into the Forum to watch the Lake Show, when I lived in L.A. with my pop. I was born in Seattle, and for fourth, and fifth grade, I went to L.A., then I came back to Seattle and then back to L.A. for eighth, ninth, and 10th grade. But it was easy to sneak in the Forum, like really easy.

I have to pray before I play, and I gotta eat right before I go out there. For a while when I was younger, I would always eat chicken tenders and fries no matter what.

I think my style of play, not drinking, I think I'm a product of clean living. I don't drink, don't smoke.

I just hate being out of shape.

You can be in shape forever, it takes one week to get out of shape.

I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.

I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.

Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.

My passion and love for the game has always kept me going.

When you are a rookie you are going through everything for the first time, your first DNP, your first not seeing eye to eye with a coach, first understanding trades happen, guys making more money play more. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot of maturing to do.

I'm not the person that when he has an off shooting game is going to make excuses.

I've been scoring a lot longer than I haven't been in my life, so I can deal with the ups and downs of it.

I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.

My confidence doesn't leave, honestly.

Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.