The Lakers have been nothing but great to me, and I want to keep the relationship great.

I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, vain or uptight or mean to people.' People have a sense of who you may be because of the job you do. That's unfair judgment.

The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.

When I had to bury my child, I probably didn't start grieving until a year and a half later.

We all have regrets, but the thing is to learn from life.

I've got a winner mentality, the mentality of a champion.