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" A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. "

" A lot of things get misinterpreted with me, I guess. "

" As a professional athlete, the small print says there could be a trade at some point in your career. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. You have to be able to handle that. "

" Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career. "

" Each individual has got to look themselves in the mirror and try and see what they can do better. Period. Point blank. "

" I don't have tapes of meditation, but I put on the meditation station. I did as a player, too. I used to always play the game before the game happened. As a coach, I do the same thing. "

" If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect. "

" I just tried to play the game the right way. As you get older, Father Time is undefeated. "

" I love 'Gladiator' and '300.' "

" I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames; I'm really into them. "

" I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there. "

" It's harder when you're supposed to win. When you're talking about the best players and the best teams in the world, when you talk about the Heat, you can ask them - it's not easy. "

" I've always respected Coach Frank. I kind of publicly recruited him because I really need him and want him. I'm kind of the college recruiter now because he brings a lot to the table. He's had success here and understands the good and the bad, so I'm recruiting him to join my staff. "

" I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options. "

" I've played the game for a long time. "

" Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play. "

" Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys. "

" The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season. "

" The business always gets in the way of basketball. "

" There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done. "

" There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help. "

" The two things that are probably tied for first are winning a championship with the Mavericks and also being able to win a gold medal - two gold medals with Team USA. "

" We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. "

" When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job. "

" When you are on the floor, there's no better feeling than when your teammates are into the game on the bench and are cheering for you and vice versa. When you come out of the game, you are cheering for those guys that are on the floor. "

" Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden. "

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