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I've never given myself a nickname.

There's nothing more frustrating than when fans use a nickname. That's like people you don't know using names from people that you're intimate with. Like if my mom has a nickname and a fan finds it out and starts using it, that's creepy.

Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.'

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

I never had naming rights at Texas Stadium.

I've been very fortunate to dodge a nickname throughout my entire career. I've never had one.

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.