People love to make comments to me on Twitter or social media networks, and I say it's easy for you to make a comment because you're behind a screen where nobody can ever see you.
I was so competitive, I wanted to win games but... I lost 13 games in my first three years in college. I lost 13 games in my first month in the league and it felt like nobody cared. So, eventually halfway through the season, I'm like 'well, why the hell do I care?' If they don't care, why do I care.
When I got hurt - everybody knows I shattered my pelvis - all I thought about was running with my kids one day and being able to have a family.
I was very close to having my whole leg amputated. It was a life-altering event. It took years of rehab.
Only having a short dose of an NBA career, my entry into pro basketball started in 2003 and ended up being an entry way onto the world of business.
If there is anything that my life has taught me is that life is unexpected and you're not always going to know the cards that you're going to be dealt.
I've never been the type that's been highly athletically talented or can jump that high. I'm a guy who's 6-2.
People associate strength with physical, and that's the wrong assumption. You're as strong as your mind is.
In dealing with athletes or celebrities or people in general, I think there's a tendency to get on their pedestal or their platform and just kind of blow the ink.
I've always been around people who are older than myself, I've always played on basketball teams with older guys.
Look, Zion Williamson is Zion. Whenever you give somebody just one name, you know they're doing something pretty spectacular. Think about one name people. Madonna. Prince. Zion. He's in that category for what he's brought to the sport.
I personally love watching greats like Matt Lauer, Scott Pelly, Howard Cossell, Bryant Gumble and others that can stimulate an intelligent, thoughtful, moving conversation or interview.
When you're in the NBA, you think about playing time, how to make your coach happy or if you're winning. It really just took my focus off some of the most important things.