Athlete

I've been a fan of 'Call of Duty' for a long time.

I was born in a neighborhood called the Third Ward.

As long as I'm respected by my peers and coaches, I'm cool.

The game is definitely evolving. It's becoming more guard-oriented. But, at the same time, we've got a lot of big guys who still kick butt. We'll never be extinct.

When you're respected by your peers, that's amazing.

First Team All-Defense, that was great, that was one of my goals coming into this league, and I've got that a couple times. But First Team All-NBA, that's bigger than a lot of things; that's bigger than being an All-Star.

It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.

Oh, if I played in the All-Star game, I'm playing defense - hard for the first quarter. And I want to get a couple of dunks, too, like I do in a regular game.

Anyone who is a post man who's a huge offensive threat, I definitely want to play against to try to limit them to as few points as possible. It's a challenge for me, but I love it though.

I feel like me and Batman have a lot in common. Out on the basketball court, I'm a vigilante.

The playoffs are tough. It's a different game.

In any situation in order to excel and reach the pinnacle with a group of people, there have to be sacrifices.

Dirk was obviously a player that I looked up to. In high school I actually wore No. 41 in honor of Dirk. He was the first player where I was like this guy is seven-feet tall and shooting jump shots and shooting threes, this is what I want to be like.

I love to compete.

Well, I'm definitely gonna focus on being a better all-around player.

Every decade the game changes and evolves, but by no means do I think the center position is dead, because there's still a lot of great centers.

It's always a tough process when you're always the best guy on your team, in high school, in middle school, AAU and things like that. Then you come together, and you may not be the best guy on the team. You may have to adjust. You may not be a go to scorer. You may have to be a picker. You may have to be a rebounder.

When they first told me, 'Oh yeah, you developed asthma,' I was like, 'What? There's no way. How do you develop asthma? You're supposed to be born with that.'

People are always going to be tough on you.