I think the best thing for me is to wear (a mask) the way it feels to prevent any further damage.

I'm excited about everything. Yao ( Ming ), he's turned himself into a different player. I think he's figured it out. He's not bailing the defense out, even in double teams he's doing a great job.

When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me.

I've got to assert myself because the big fellow (Yao Ming) is out and we need more scoring. I need to do more out there on the offensive and defensive end. It's all about attacking from start to finish.

Some of them were cupcake shots - they were moving out of the way or whatever you want to call it. Some of those 3s he was making were unbelievable, and when you've got it rolling like that, give him the ball, man, give him the ball.

I don't have a problem wearing suits, but that's not who I am, ... You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It's going to be hard for me to change.