But I am confident and determined to show everyone that a player can come back from a heart operation. I will play basketball again.

I'm feeling great. I'm feeling fantastic. I'm alive, ... I'm working out every day. I'm just doing everything I can to be on the basketball court, so I'm doing good.

It was hell, the toughest thing in my life. My rib was cracked open, I could not play basketball; I could not do anything by myself for months.

We don't really care about the seeding. We're just trying to play hard, ... We just try to look at ourselves and don't worry about the seed we've got. We're focused on ourselves and what we can do, who we are.

To see them caring so much about what I was going through, that's what helped keep me going.

Why not? I have energy. I'm not going to play a 48-minute game. So I've got to expend some energy and burn some calories.

My body was asking me to play basketball, but for now I don't run and I don't shoot,

That was a little bump in the road.

I think I'm like the Chad Johnson of basketball.

He's awesome. First and foremost, he's a great person and a great teammate. He's very supportive when I get down on myself. (All of our veterans) have been successful professionals for a long time. I tell you, even if you had success in college, you have to listen to them.