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" I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter. "

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" My game is - and I'm not saying I'm slow or anything like that, but my game is mental. My game is shooting; my game is efficiency. If I'm healthy, I feel like I can be effective for a long time. "

Chauncey Billups

Time

Game

Efficiency

" The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process. "

Chauncey Billups

Game

Good

" I'm the kind of guy who has to be two feet in if I am going to give my best effort, so broadcasting is something I'm looking at long-term. "

" That's kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure. "

" I'm thinking about being the best I can be at ESPN in the studio. "

" I got 'Smooth' when I was growing up. I got 'Bigshot' playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me 'Smooth.' "

Chauncey Billups

Know

Growing Up

" Everybody has their own desires. "

" Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it. "

" Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that time. "

" If you give him a 3-point shot, you might as well count it. I'd rather have Steph Curry beat me 14 points and 14 assists than let him get 40. Because his 40 is just so loud. And it's because of those 3s. "

Chauncey Billups

Beat

Well

" For me, I think Andre Drummond is going to be a superstar. We didn't have that. We had a lot of very good players. I think Drummond will be a superstar if he continues to work. The media, everyone is behind him. "

Chauncey Billups

Work

Good

" I am a big music guy. Hip-hop, R&B, old school, jazz. "

" It wasn't that I knew Kyrie wanted to be traded or not, or him and LeBron had a beef. I don't know any of those things. "

" People only see you on TV and riding around like stars, but they don't see behind the scenes how much time you have to put in working out. The lifting, the eating habits, trying to change all that so you can be that guy on TV, to be a baller, that's what people don't understand. "

" I drive a Range Rover almost every day, but my favorite is my '69 SS Camaro. "

" My wife cooks, I clean. Then I go to practice, come home, and take a two hour nap. I wake up, shave my head, then it's time to ball. "

" I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in the offseason, I started playing basketball, and I just fell in love with the game. I've been playing basketball ever since 5th grade. "

" The kind of leader and teammate that I was, at every stop I made, I was always honest with guys and honest with myself. I think that was the reason I grew to have the reputation I had in the league. "

" I got into a lot of fights, but it wasn't because of my name. Being from the neighborhood with a name like Chauncey, people think I got picked on. But a lot of strange names come out of the neighborhood. "

" I can remember me and my cousin always fighting. He was a big Bulls and Michael Jordan guy. "

Chauncey Billups

Fighting

Remember

" There is a good and a bad way to handle everything. "

" I love my life. I love this ESPN thing; it's been fun. "

" I think the most important position in the league now is the point guard. "

" What bothered me more than if LeBron left or not was that I didn't think they had great assets if you have to do a rebuild. It was more that than Bron. Bron and I have always had an amazing relationship. "

Chauncey Billups

Amazing

Great