I consider myself a little weak.

It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.

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.

It could have been called a foul. But if it's not, I guess that means I just didn't go hard enough. I thought it was a tough move.

Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.