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

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

I just hate being out of shape.

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 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 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.

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.

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

Derek Jeter seems like a cool dude.

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

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

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

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.

Seattle is home, that's first and foremost.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.