When you think about Kobe it's, 'No excuse. Nothing can put your mind off what you love to do.' It's the Mamba mentality, for sure.

You need to go with that mentality and play the game. No pressure. Yes, you need to do something. But it's just a game.

When everybody is sharing the ball, everybody makes everybody happy.

There's always going to be some guys not satisfied with the minutes or how they're playing or what their role is. That's normal.

For me, an assist is the same as getting a basket.

The rookie game, those guys are going to be All-Stars one day.

I like horse racing but I'm not an All-Star in horse racing. I'm an All-Star fan in horse racing.

We'd fight a lot. But I think all brothers do that.

We cannot make our sole goal the eighth spot, the eighth seed.

I think I brought something different to the NBA. I brought that I can do pretty much everything on the floor.

I don't want to say something just to be a leader.

My 3-point percentage is low, but I think I just need to work on that.

This is the league of the stats, the numbers.

Kobe is probably an idol for so many players. He was such a great player so you wanted to be like Kobe. He's a legend that never dies.

I loved some classes - math, history, that's pretty much it. I didn't love physical activities.

My teams in Serbia always had really good point guards. But I have always loved to dribble the ball. Even when I was outside, just walking by myself, I would always love to dribble and imagine my defender there in front of me - what I would try to do.

This is not the job. We are just playing the game here. I am enjoying the game. I am playing every game as a game of pickup basketball in my hometown.

If you don't try something, you never know.

As center you can push the ball. If you're a big man and you can push the ball, or you can run fast, you can make a difference in the game.

Oh man, I am so happy when I get to dribble the ball.

Winning is really fun.

Every teacher in elementary school loved me because I was always goofing around. I was taller than most of the guys and girls, and fattest, too.

For me, every game is a pickup game in front of my house.

I loved playing every sport. Soccer, water polo, horses. Whatever. I just loved it - especially competing against my brothers.