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People look at me like I'm on my way out of the game. I'm just getting started.
I got a platform and a game. I got, like, people who look up to me, who listen to me.
Marc Gasol, everybody compares me to him. I try to look up to him and see how he plays and adjust my game like him.
Look, I have no qualms about having played basketball. The game has done so much for me. Look at the places I've been, for one thing.
As a striker, people look at the goals you score. But for me, my game is more than just about goals, it is how you link with other players.
There are so many artists that inspire me, it's honestly too many names to go through. I look up to people who've been in the game for years.
One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
The first shooter video game stuff which - look, admittedly, I missed that generationally, so it's not a thing for me. I've never played them. I don't really get it. My kids do.
I wasn't really a student of the game. I just played it because I loved it. I didn't really look into the greats as much. They just put a ball in my hand, and I did what the coach told me to.
Look at this, scabs and cuts all over me, I get these every night, every game. They can't tell you that you're not at risk, and you can't tell me there's one guy in the N.B.A. who hasn't thought about it.
I guarantee that if you ask anyone who is guarding me, they won't say I'm taking plays off. It's actually a compliment to me that I make the game look that easy, where people think I don't play that hard.
If you look at cricket per se, if you didn't have T20 cricket, Test cricket will die. People don't realise. You just play Test cricket, and don't play one-day cricket and T20 cricket, and speak to me after 10 years. The economics will just not allow the game to survive.
Don't try to kid yourself that your game is about pace if it isn't. If you're a big guy like me you need to look at how similarly built players use that physical presence to influence a game. Accept that your build may have some limitations - but plenty of plus points too.
Yes, there are times where I might play one bad service game a set. If you look at Sampras, he might play one slightly suspect service game every three sets. So to beat someone like that you've obviously got to be right on top of your game. I've basically got to get rid of that in my game so it makes me very difficult to beat.