Basketball Player

I've had to guard Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki. I've had to guard the best person on the opposing team.

Every basketball player wants to wear their team's throwback jerseys.

You get measured by how fast you run or how high you can jump or how you can dribble, and I just wasn't that kind of player.

Looking back, I truly appreciate just how fortunate I was to play with a guy like Steve Nash.

I feel like I'm going to have a long career and you don't want to get a bad reputation for certain things.

James Jones being a player, a champion, one thing that you knew about him that was really good was his work ethic.

When guys feel like it's a contract year so you're forcing, you're stressing, you're trying to do that, what I try to tell them is GMs and scouts don't even look at your points per game. They look at your efficiency, your plus-minus. Everything's so analytical. You can average 15 and be a terrible analytic player - you're not going to get paid.

The key to the fadeaway is your legs.

I've always been a team guy first.

Most guys don't want to play with Kobe.

I've hit a lot of big shots and missed a lot of big shots, and I'll continue to shoot them.

When things go wrong, that's when you show your leadership. It's easy to be a leader when things are going well.

If you can't stretch the floor in the NBA, it's hard for you to be competitive or even have a chance.

Few big men have possessed the rare combination of power, speed and agility of Shaq.

When a team sticks together and plays for each other, it all usually works out in the end.

I like being on good teams.

I was on veteran teams in Charlotte where we won 17 or 18 games. There were times that we lost by 20 for two or three straight games, then came in and watched film, learned from our mistakes. We learned about things like making the extra pass.

For me I want to be a voice and consummate professional, be in the weight room and stay after practice.

I wasn't the best at anything, but I wasn't the worst.

You don't really realize when you become a 'veteran' - it just sort of happens.