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" As a player, you experience so many different moments, but you never truly sit back and reflect on them. You enjoy them, but with the championships, we were so busy celebrating with everyone that we didn't really realize what we had accomplished as individuals and as a team. "

" I've come a long way from my first commercials. "

" Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to play the game. "

" I'm thankful that I was able to have a long, healthy career for the most part. "

" When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights where we took a beating and got whacked across the head. But we got better along the way, and we started to taste the success. With that came the pressure and expectations to be successful. "

" It's tough to lose and lose and lose and get a little closer, but you still lose. "

" It takes locking in on the task at hand and honing in on what you need to do in order to be successful in the NBA postseason. "

" When you get some easy baskets, the basket definitely looks like it's much larger. "

" Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better. "

" You continue to compete against the very best every day, and you will get better, or you'll be embarrassed. "

" When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems. "

" When you look at Jerry Sloan teams, they're all very disciplined. They execute well. They play within themselves. "

" 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. "

" I'm able to run and jump and do all the things I can do. I'm blessed. "

" If you're not on a team that's winning, it takes a lot out of you as a player. "

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

" When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through a two-year growth spurt, and suddenly, I was 6-foot-7. "

" Everything was a lesson learned and a step forward for me. "

" Each season was different and presented its own set of circumstances and challenges. "

" No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he's also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package. "

" I will always be a part of the game. "

" It's definitely tough to get up and walk away from something you have been a part of for so long. But it's part of life. "

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

" To be named as one of the finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2010 on Friday was a special moment for me. As a player, it's something that you dream about. It's an honor that you have to earn based on your career and the respect from your peers around you. "

" 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. "

" I think I learned a lot from a lot of experiences that I dealt with over my career. "

" In the playoffs, it's win or go home. You might not have a chance to look back at a game and say, 'Man, we didn't box out here.' "

" When I look at my career, I was really about defending. "

" I'm never going to leave my family hanging out to dry. "