When I'm going against guys like Kevin Durant - one of the best leading scorers in the league - it pushes you to want to get better, seeing how hard he works.

It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.

All I have to do is just enjoy my moment and have fun.

Don't go to a school just because your friends are there or because it sounds like a dream school. Go to a program that fits your style of play.

Any team I go to will get an extremely hard worker, someone who never wants to take a day off, loves to play the game and is dedicated to winning.

I feel like I have to step on the court every night and be dominant.

You're not gonna be known as nothing if you don't win.

The main thing I do is to carry myself as best as I can on my pro level.

I feel I can fit with any player in the world.

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death - Walt Whitman

Beneath history, memory and forgettingBeneath memory and forgetting, life.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi.

I don't know why they are all so eager to be remembered. What good will it do them? There are some things that should be forgotten by everyone, and never spoken of again.

You cannot be anything that you point to.

Gratitude is the miracle cure for every moment of dis-ease.

Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed.

Professionally, it would be a logical choice, but my personal view is that he is the most insincere man I know in football