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" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "

" When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you. "

" Understanding history means knowing what motivates you. "

" I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren't good so I quit. "

" I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows. "

" I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition. "

" I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest. "

" In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak. "

" You definitely gotta get more rest as an older player than you did when you were young. You're young, full of energy. You're out, up late, watching movies or out hanging out with your friends. "

" People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers. "

" When you give a team life, give a team confidence, anything can happen in a Game 7. "

" I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position. "

" You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself. "

Believe In Yourself

" A lot of things change in the playoffs. "

" When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be. "

" I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue. "

" I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done. "

" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas. "

" The '80s, '90s, and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone. "

" Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best. "

" What people don't understand is the summertime is motivation - how willing you're willing to work for the upcoming season - and I think, as older players, once you see that drive fall off in the summer, then I think it's time to hang it up. "

" I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing. "

" Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had my good times, but I used it as motivation to do it again. When you realize you can accomplish something so great, you want to do it again. "

" Once people start making comparisons to a player of the past, they want you to be that player. I try to go out there and create my own image, my own style, my own type of game. Right now I can't even think of one guy I've been compared to. "

" Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this. "

" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "

" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "