Tim Duncan

“I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.”

“I like R&B. I listen to music, not singers.”

“I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?”

“I am going to walk away when I'm ready to walk away. Not because of a win or a loss.”

“I don't dunk anymore.”

“We really have some of the best fans in the NBA, in sports in general. Here, you get a consistent base, people support. People love the Spurs, and that's special. That's not everywhere.”

“You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.”

“I think competitiveness is taken in a different way by different people. I'm not a yeller and a screamer, a jumper and a pusher.”

“The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.”

“If I have my kids, I drive something with four doors. If I don't have my kids, I can drive whatever I want.”

“I have always liked knives. Then somebody gave me one. Then somebody gave me another one. Then I liked having them and started buying them. I started finding ones I liked, ones with funky blades.”

“Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his dribble to get people in there and all that stuff.”

“Like every other car guy, I've watched 'The Fast and the Furious,' and I want to go out and race and drift and all the crazy stuff. Another one of my favorites is 'Cobra.' That's where I got my love for the Merc, where he had the one that had the license plate that said 'AWSOM 50.'”

“I believed in what I was. I didn't believe that would translate into any of the five championships. But I knew that I could affect the game.”

“When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.”

“I didn't have my first car until after the end of my senior year. I got a Yukon Sport.”

“I'm not really a flashy guy anywhere else - I don't dress flashy or anything else - but I like to keep my cars nice, and I like to customize them. I can do things a little flashier and a little faster, and with a little bit more thought. This is kind of the release part of basketball.”

“I don't do style. I just show up for the games.”

“I had great friends, support and teaching at Wake Forest.”

“I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.”