Amar'e Stoudemire

I can't really dwell on the past.

The N.B.A. is not an easy job. As you get older, you play this game for 82 games a year, and you play 11 or 12 years, your body tends to break down.

Just going to Africa is amazing; it all comes back to the motherland. It's pretty much where everything started.

I went from just a regular nappy-headed kid in poverty to Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain superstar. But there's a lot in between that allowed me to get from point A to point B.

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

Of course New York is the Mecca of style in America, but don't knock Phoenix - it's not as big, but there are lots of people with style there.

People have times when they want to go through different looks.

If you've got style, you'll show it, no matter the city.

I see myself as a revolutionary, as a fashion rebel.

The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.

I look at the Star of David as a symbol of righteousness.

I had a Hebraic wedding in New York, so I'm definitely Jewish.