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" I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game. "

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" My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was. "

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

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" When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. "

" I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in. "

" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "

" 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. "

" When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa. "

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" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "

" I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters. "

" 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. "

" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on. "

" 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. "

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

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" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "

" It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known. "

" When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way. "

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

" People don't understand the power of love and family and strength. "

" Good things only can last so long. "

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

" I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me. "

" 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. "

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

" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "

" I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. "

" 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. "

" I want to be the dad that my father never was. "