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To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

Education is very important, and I understand that.

I think I'm a little more mature than the average guy.

Shawn Kemp was the player that I grew up watching, when he was with the SuperSonics.

People have times when they want to go through different looks.

I love Terry Porter.

The N.B.A. is not an easy job. As you get older, you play this game for 82 games a year, and you play 11 or 12 years, your body tends to break down.

I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward.

I never had a doubt that I would make it to the NBA, even when I wasn't playing.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

Amar'e Stoudemire