I've seen elbows that broke eye sockets. I've seen a German goalkeeper just level a French guy. His TEAMMATES thought he was dead lying on the GROUND. This was in 1982 at my first WORLD Cup. But a bite is outside any kind of contact collision: DIRTY foul PLAY. A bite is a bite.

When I can talk about my TEAMMATES who help make me a better player, or even the COACH who gave me the self-confidence to continue being who I am, these are fundamental PEOPLE who have had an influence throughout my life and my professional CAREER, and I'm very thankful to them, and they KNOW it.

I cannot take 30 jumpers a GAME. Got to have a BALANCE. You've got to GET your teammates INVOLVED.

I try to COME in, try to defend, help on defense, play as hard as POSSIBLE and do whatever my coach and my teammates TELL me and try to LISTEN and get better.

Just EVERY day try to be a leader, try to get better and to help my TEAM win. I just want to be more vocal, like TALK more so my teammates can know I GOT their back.

You'll MAKE mistakes, but if you make mistakes by TRYING to do the RIGHT THINGS, then they're mistakes that most coaches and most teammates can accept.

At the END of the DAY, if I BECOME an ALL-STAR, it's because of my TEAMMATES.

My TEAMMATES have my BACK; I have theirs.

When you have that RESPECT from your TEAMMATES, it MAKES it a LOT more COMFORTABLE.

Of course, in the beginning it's always difficult. It's a new country, new teammates, so you NEED to find the relationship with all the PLAYERS. OBVIOUSLY it takes time.

The heart and soul of a NAVY SEAL is somebody who's COMMITTED to their country and committed to their teammates.

If you WANT to be successful and you want your TEAMMATES to RESPECT you, you got to be OPEN to ADVICE from the older guys.

My teammates TELL me to SHOOT the ball when I'm open. I FEEL LIKE I'm open most of the TIME, so I shoot it.

On the SABBATH, I'm SUPPOSED to focus on JESUS and the resurrection. But if I don't practice, I let the TEAM down. I don't want my teammates to think that I think I'm SPECIAL.

The best players I have SEEN and KNOWN have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a ONE-MAN game. That confidence BRINGS out the best in everybody, because it's CONTAGIOUS.