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" After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time. "

" A lot of people don't know this: when I was young, I wanted to be a garbage man. I asked my mom, and she said they made good money, and it was steady work. "

" A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other's clothes, staying at each other's houses. That was before I had anything. "

" A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union. "

" A lot of things change in the playoffs. "

" At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. "

" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "

" Dislike is what creates rivalries. "

" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "

" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "

" Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level. "

" Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers. "

" Good things only can last so long. "

" I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then. "

" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "

" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "

" I am a confident player, and a lot of people might look at it like, 'Oh, another cocky attitude,' but I don't look at it that way. "

" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "

" I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there. "

" I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship. "

" If I had to single one guy out who is the most difficult player to guard in the league, it would have to be Carmelo. "

" If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him. "

" I found my father through other people, through my older brothers, my high school coaches, so I had men influences along the way who helped me. "

" If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy. "

" If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation. "

" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "

" I have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel. "

" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "

" I just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars. "

" I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks. "

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