I'm not disappointed. I got a championship out of it, ... A lot of guys play their whole career and don't get a championship.

We're just happy to be in the playoffs. We'll play anybody.

Once he starts playing basketball and continues to play how he's been playing, a lot of the negativity will soon blow away.

I think I'm coming to a different stage of my career and hopefully this is going to be a very good beginning to something I am so desperate to achieve.

To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.

At this stage of my career, to have a whole new array of experiences, to play in new stadiums and new teams to play against, is just one more thing in the résumé.