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I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

High jump is such a mental thing. It's you against the bar. It's something that a lot of people struggle with, and people experience slumps and plateaus because of it.

I think guys that play basketball really understand how to go up and get a ball. Because in a rebound situation, you've got to go up and fight for a ball. Just boxing out. There are a lot of things that transfer.

You try to figure out the best way to throw the shot put, or the perfect way to long jump, and you don't ever get it. You just chip away, chip away, chip away as time goes on.

Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.