Athlete

I'm human. I mean, I'm not always happy.

I love Sacramento. I consider this home.

Putting a smile on kids, putting a smile on families' faces, changing people's lives with your so-called status and celebrity with your so-called impact, that's reality.

I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.

You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, 'He's a thug.' But I'm a competitor.

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

If you judge me only by my profession, you don't know me at all. Those people who do that? They'll never know me.

We in a nasty business, at times. I don't even say that in a good or bad way. It's just no place to get too emotional.

I know my mindset. I know how hard I work at my craft.

I don't really consider myself a center.

I'm comfortable in my skin.

I know I've done bad things. But I've done just as much good as I have done bad. And it's not even necessarily bad. I would say they're growing pains.

I am who I am. You can either love it or hate it.

No matter how much time there is, if guys can come together and mesh and play with some type of chemistry, you're going to win games.

I don't think anyone can stop me one on one, period.

Health is probably the No. 1 thing that gets overlooked for a player.

This is a frustrating sport. There are a lot of emotions involved.

You make yourself be whatever the hell you want to be, at the end of the day.

I'm a guy with a big heart who cares about people.

I got drafted at 19. I've got millions of dollars in my pocket, I could have lost my damn mind. I don't see how you could consider me immature.