Q: What would it mean to win the gold medal?

A: It would mean everything because this is like the biggest stage ever.

Q: What makes Larry Brown a great coach?

A: He knows the game, he loves the game, he respects the game.

Q: Are you concerned about terrorism?

A: I’ll put it in God’s hands . . . I’m not concerned.

Q: Will you bring back the gold?

A: Anything less would be uncivilized.

Q: Memories of the Dream team.

A: When you see Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic on one team, it’s amazing.

Q: You’ve been to Greece before.

A: We lost in the Junior Olympics there.

Q: What did you think of it?

A: It was cool.

Q: When will the Knicks win a world championship?

A: Sooner than later.

Q: How many players do you need?

A: I think Detroit showed you don’t have to have a whole bunch of players to win the championship. Nobody on their team is really a megastar.

Q: If you could pick the brain of one basketball person, who would it be?

A: Michael Jordan.

Q: Why Jordan?

A: Because he’s the ultimate player. He’s the best player that ever played basketball.

Q: Magic was your idol growing up.

A: Isiah was the one I wanted to play like.

Q: Why?

A: That’s my style of game.

Q: If I was president, I would…

A: I would make sure people in poverty would have an opportunity to get out of poverty. I’d make sure taxes were a lot fairer. I’d make sure teachers were high-paid people in this world; I don’t think we know the importance teachers have on our kids today.

Q: Your favorite teacher.

A: Mr. Nash.

Q: What did he teach?

A: Economics.

Q: Why was he your favorite?

A: He was like a players’ coach (chuckle).

Q: If I wasn’t a basketball player, I would have been…

A: An actor.

Q: Who is the best dresser in the NBA?

A: I am.

Q: Pick some fashion teammates around the NBA.

A: Me at the point; KG (Kevin Garnett) has come a long way; I’ll give Big Shaq the center spot; Cutino Mobley, he gets fly.

Q: Who is the second-best best dresser on the Knicks?

A: Penny Hardaway, then Allan Houston.

Q: Your style?

A: Fly.

Q: Favorite designer.

A: Joseph Abboud.

Q: Most embarrassing moment.

A: Wow! I got a lot of them. I don’t even know which one I want to tell.

Q: You were robbed of a $150,000 diamond necklace once in the wee hours of the morning at a traffic light. You got it back?

A: From insurance.

Q: Describe your on-court temperament.

A: My on-court temperament is totally to just win and destroy. A lot of people say I don’t smile. I don’t smile because I’m playing basketball. I’m gonna try to smile a lot more. I’m a lot happier. I wasn’t playing freely; I was playing with a lot of stuff on my shoulders. When I got to New York, everything changed. When I’m on the court in New York, I’m laying everything out, It means so much. I’m not only a player, I’m a fan of the Knicks.

Q: How many Knick games did you go to as a kid?

A: A lot. I used to sneak into games; bum tickets; ask people for tickets. However we got in, we got in there.

Q: Who did you go with?

A: Sometimes by myself I snuck in. Sometimes with friends. I used to get tickets from one of the ballboys.

Q: Did you get autographs?

A: No. I never got that close.

Q: Describe Lenny Wilkens.

A: Cool. Calm. Knows the game.

Q: Hobbies.

A: My kids (daughters, 9 and 5 years old).

Q: Best piece of advice your mother gave you.

A: Treat people the way you want to be treated.

Q: Favorite movie.

A: Friday; Scarface.

Q: Favorite sports movie.

A: Remember the Titans; Blue Chips.

Q: Favorite actor.

A: Al Pacino; Denzel Washington.

Q: Favorite actress.

A: Sharon Stone; Halle Berry.

Q: Favorite singer.

A: R. Kelly.

Q: Favorite meal.

A: Fried chicken.

Q: One person in history you’d like to meet.

A: Martin Luther King.

Q: Why?

A: Just his energy was flowing throughout the world as far as him being an activist leader; being one of the most-recognized black leaders.

Q: Favorite Knick.

A: Patrick Ewing.

Q: Favorite car.

A: The wide-body 600. I always wanted the Acura Legend Coupe.

Q: Favorite city other than New York.

A: Los Angeles.

Q: Favorite city outside the United States.

A: Ancy (France).

Q: Favorite Coney Island memory.

A: Just living there.