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" Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get better. "

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" You've got to have a commitment to your craft. "

" Coach Dyer was a great mentor for me and a great teacher. "

" I never wanted to be Michael Jordan, although I would like to trade bank accounts. "

" Defensive awards and accolades aside, to have your jersey retired puts you in a position where you'll be known forever. "

" When I was four or five, I had an older brother who got paralyzed from the neck down in junior high school. Some kid did a wrestling fall on him and hit his spine. We had to take care of him. I went from being the baby to not really being the baby anymore. "

" I was lucky to play with guys who were not only good players, but great people. "

" Chicago's where I started my career. I've had a lot of success playing here. "

" I'm a family man, and I couldn't be happier. My wife and I have been blessed with an incredible family, and my kids are my life. "

" Things for me really started to click right after my third year in the league. I sort of figured out that there were a few things that I needed to do if I wanted to get better - I needed to gain some more weight and add some strength. "

" As a player that has played this game, I know, at the end of the day I've had numerous amount of surgeries, and the doctors released me at numerous amount of times to go and play. But a lot of those times didn't mean go and play against the best in the world right now, but to get yourself ready to compete again. "

" I want to be a role-model player, someone respected and looked up to. "

" I've never seen a player that can dominate a game the way LeBron James can. He don't always have to score. He makes plays for other guys. But when the game is on the line, and you need a shot to be made, he's going to make that play. "

" I wasn't really that interested in playing. I had gone through some hard times not playing in high school, but my coach had it in his mind that basketball was the way I would get an education. "

" I loved playing against the Pacers and Reggie Miller. Reggie was a great competitor, and I enjoyed playing against competitors. "

" It doesn't really count as a great year if the team is not doing well. "

" I was way behind physically in high school. They had weight bars that were about forty-five pounds. I couldn't handle them. Couldn't even put the weights on. It was embarrassing. So I always figured out ways to avoid lifting when I was young. "

" I'm a guy who is easy to get along with, and I'll put up with a lot of things. But not dishonesty. "

" We grew up in a small house with four bedrooms. I shared a bedroom with three brothers. But I enjoy the way that I was brought up. It kept me hungry. It kept me humble. "

" Most of basketball is in the mind. But it helps to have big hands. "

" The respect I had to give my brothers and sisters growing up I think has helped me. I want my kids to be raised the same way. "

" There are no guarantees in the league, and the challenges will always be there. "

" As I look back, I have to say growing up was fun, not a problem at all. "

" I remember the night in December 2005 when the Bulls retired my number and will never, ever forget it. "

" I take a lot of pride in my first '92 gold medal. "

" As a young player, I always thought I was doing everything I could. But the longer you play, the more you learn, and the better you're prepared for what this game throws at you. "

" When you suffer a few losses in the playoffs, it forces you back into the gym early on. "

" I was LeBron James before LeBron James. "

" It's not common for your best player to also be your most unselfish player. "

" When I say I played with the greatest, let's not forget I also played for the greatest coach of all time. "