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

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.

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

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.'

Basketball has given me everything.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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.'

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

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

I do what feels right.

I don't take time off. If you've been out of a house for six months and then you come back in and you turn the light on, it might explode. It isn't used to be used. I keep my energy going. It's not a shock to the body when I start playing again. I don't have to 'get in shape.'

I'm not a fan of analytics. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell you what percentage Allen Iverson shot, or Michael Jordan.

I would get mad if Kobe was like, 'I'm not going to shoot that much tonight.' No, no, no, that's your gift. The people want to see you do what you're going to do.

No one grows up wanting to be a sixth man.

My first toy hoop was a Dr. J model!

Whenever I retire, I'll still be playing the game, whether that's at an L.A. Fitness or somewhere else.

It's weird watching games and being apart from it but seeing teams that could use you in certain situations. You see where you could help different clubs in different ways.

I didn't turn 40. I turned 20 twice.