Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.
I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.
The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'
The way I approach things is that I'm a physical player.
You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
I've always been a mellow guy. I'm just more competitive when I'm on the floor.
I'm just like the rest of the guys. I'm a little different in a lot of ways, but I'm still a player with a number on his back and if I'm unable to produce, they'll find somebody else to fill my spot.
You can deal with a little pain. It's just about making sure you can throw the ball good enough to go out there and help your team.
The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.
I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.
You've got to want to play defence. Nobody really wants to play defence. It's boring. It sucks. You don't get the flashiness, the scores, the dunks. But you've got to have it.
I just need to be a good teammate if I don't get looks.
In football, you always look forward, and it's about the next game you play.
You just have to always go out and continue to work hard, watch the film, see what you did wrong from an offensive unit and individually. Then, you just have to go out and do better the next time out. That is what sports is all about.
I'm up here to help the team win every at-bat, offense, defense, baserunning.
I enjoy playing but the moment the game ends, football ends and you can talk to me about anything except football because I don't feel comfortable.
You can't afford to hop around and act like a kid when you have to get back on defense and worry about the other parts of the game. But at the end, when the buzzer sounds, you have the luxury of hopping around and looking foolish for a while.
Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.
Nobody in football wants to receive sympathy.
As I always say - you have no feelings when you are on the pitch. You are there to play, to give the best for your team.
I wouldn't say I've changed at all. A lot of people will keep saying I'm a different person, especially when I go across those white lines. I think it's just the hunger and desire and passion I've got for the game.
I'll always have a score-first mentality, because that is my bread and butter on the floor.
I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.
