It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.
I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.
Three to four times a week, I get up at 7:30 A.M. while the courts are empty at Venice Beach and play full court one-on-one.
Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on.
New York basketball is about defense.
Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.
I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.
I played street basketball for a while and wanted to play competitively, but I was so used to the street-style of game that I would have fouled out by the end of the first quarter.
I like to watch college basketball, high school - don't matter who it is.
I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot of times, through the summer season, you continue playing. So that replaced me playing baseball.
