The fans are just a pleasure to be around, ... When I'm out in public, they greet me with open arms. Also the organization has been great from the beginning. I think it's only right that I stay here and continue what I started.

I'm ready to go. I'm really trying to win a championship this year. That's what I'm striving for. There are a lot of new guys and there have been some huge changes, but I think it's all for the best to help this team become a champion.

[By the time of the early September video-game shoot in San Diego, life as a superstar] seems pretty natural to me, ... . . . The winning thing is the most important. If you lose, you'll be forgotten.

We're getting the ring this year, ... I'm carrying my load and anybody else's that needs me to.

I've just been working on my game the whole summer to try to take us to the top. This has been a $100 million summer for me, so I'm very proud of that. I'm just looking forward to bringing the championship home right here in Phoenix.

As far as understanding the game of basketball, opening up and just working on different skills on the offensive end and being more focused on defense.

What I've achieved now is something that I always figured I would as a kid, ... I've had that type of determination since I was a youngcter playing around the playgrounds, getting dirty after school.

We have guys that can score and still put up the same amount of points we put up last year, and also defend a lot better.