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I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I'm thinking about. If the other stuff comes, it comes, but I'm just fortunate to play in the NBA Finals and just to play basketball, period.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.

Spend time with your family and try to spend time doing things that you enjoy doing other than basketball.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.