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I hated Mo Cheeks.
There's no nightlife in Utah.
I've never had a huge contract.
I was the bad guy, the NBA bad guy.
I kind of have a bad-guy reputation.
We can't beat any team by ourselves.
You can't take a night off in the NBA.
I'm a football player playing basketball.
I'm an aggressive player. I always have been.
When you're going through a divorce it's hard.
I respect all my opponents, but I fear no one.
I'm a role player, a journeyman. I know who I am.
To win a championship, you need to win on the road.
Good TV is not about people being happy; it's drama.
Until you get that championship, nobody's good enough.
Fatherhood is the best thing that ever happened to me.
I think there are things you can do to toughen yourself up.
In order to win a championship, you've got to be consistent.
I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.
Once I stopped playing I didn't have the urge or drive to play again.
I've traveled the world, made a lot of money, met a lot of amazing people.
I've learned that everything is a slow process in the TV and movie industry.
Being traded and moving teams, it's difficult, especially when you have families.
There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about.
I'm a target on and off the court. I've done some things I regret. But being a target is rough.
I play basketball hard-nosed and if you're not on my team, during that 48 minutes we're enemies.
It's obviously a blessing to be able to play on Christmas Night, the one big night everyone watches.
It starts on the defensive end, but it's also just the ball movement and holding everyone accountable.
You don't have to be a professional athlete to be heard - the most powerful tool you have is your voice.
I just think that my road has been so difficult to get where I'm at that I don't take anything for granted.
Running in transition and scoring in transition, prevents you from setting your defense up on the other side.
If I look at a ref funny, I'm getting a tech. If I say anything wrong on the street, it's on Worldstar or TMZ.
I've been playing in L.A. for a long time through college and pros, just to be ready. It's different out here.
I was a good shooter in college, but it's a different level here in the NBA and I'm working on getting better.
I'm listening to 2Pac the whole time. While I'm getting treatment, while I'm stretching, I'm listening to music.
If I had to say how much I've paid in fines over my career, I'm sure it's over $500,000, going toward $1 million.
People don't realize that everyone in the NBA is really good. The difference is having a coach that believes in you.
Some guys have one good year and fade away. I've worked too hard to get here and it's took me too long to just fade away.
Early in my career I had to be a goon to survive. I did everything I had to do and probably some things I shouldn't have.
Anytime that your name is up in a trade, I'm sure it can affect you mentally, and that obviously carries over to the court.
If I don't start, I'd like to try to win Sixth Man of the Year. And whenever I'm on the court, I'm just going to give it my all.
I still miss my mom every day, but when I see the smiles on the faces of the people that I help I know I am honoring her legacy.
Every one of us has the ability to raise awareness, volunteer, educate our friends and family, and give back to our communities.
The NBA never wanted to use me to market their work even though I have a huge following and lots of fans. I was the bad guy to them.
It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'
I mean, this is basketball, you have a lot of different teammates and you move around a lot, to find true friends is something special.
If you take the chance to get to know me off the court, you'll see that I'm not the bad guy that everybody wants me to be on the court.
In the NBA you better come to play every night, where in the NBDL the talent level just isn't there and maybe you have guys taking a night off.
Where I came from, my upbringing, the ups and downs it took to get my career started, when I made it, I played every game like it was my last game.
I realize that I'm one of those guys that if I'm not with you, you hate me. But when I'm with you, you understand who I am and what I'm about and love me.