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" A couple teams will grind the shot clock down. Most of the time coaches do that, it's usually a talent deficit. They can't compete against the better teams. "

" At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good enough and kind of a ball hawk, you helped everyone else. Now it's really much more of a team concept defensively than it was when we played. "

" Coaches who have been players in the league, they get so attuned to playing how they were successful and who their coaches were. "

" Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't. "

" Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me. "

" I don't know anything else but the Lakers. This has certainly been more than a job for me as a player. It has certainly meant more to me than just an occupation. "

" I enjoy winning, but more importantly, I enjoy the people I'm around. "

" If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around me. "

" I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players. "

" I know when I left the game, I could have played more. There is no question. I think I could have played at a very high level, too. But I could not play the way everyone wanted me to play. And I was not willing to compromise what I felt was a standard that I had established in this league and, particularly, for our fans at home. "

" I like to keep people guessing. "

" I'm a Gemini. Know what that means? There are two very different sides to me. "

" I'm just ultracompetitive. I will be till they put me in the grave. "

" I'm still very much a West Virginia boy. I haven't forgotten my roots, because that's really who I am. "

" I often do things that surprise me, not to mention others. "

" I remember, years ago, if I had had an opportunity to leave the Lakers, I would have left for one reason: because I did not like an owner that was not telling me the truth. And it would have made no difference what they would have offered me; I would have left. "

" I see people that have success, and I see how poised and polished they are and how they handle it. I wonder inside if they feel the same way that I feel. "

" It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team. "

" I've always been a very harsh judge of talent because if you don't play the game on both ends of the court, and if you don't play hard every night, I'm probably not going to be in love with you as a player. I'm going to respect you because you're good, but these players are unique. "

" The league is changing, and we don't have many back-to-the-basket players. We now have a game that requires skill and versatility. A lot of that is about being able to think. It makes all the difference in the world to have a player in there with a high basketball IQ who can make the right decision. "

" The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate enough to make the playoffs - that's more like a dash. You have to concentrate on one opponent. When they're done, you have to concentrate on another one. "

" The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that. "

" To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that. "

" When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough. "

" You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. "

" You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic. "

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