What I`m doing right now, I`m chasing perfection.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I`ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it`s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

These young guys are playing checkers. I`m out there playing chess.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They`re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

There`s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that`s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we`ve won when I score 10.