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

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" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "

" 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. "

" It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have. "

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

" You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time. "

" Eating right is part of my lifestyle now. "

" The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here. "

" 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. "

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

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" I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it. "

" If somebody said, 'You're going to be the Number 1 pick; you're going to have a great team around you all these years'? It would've been too easy. "

" My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game. "

" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "

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

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

" I always thrive on wanting to play against the best. "

" 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. "

" The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo. "

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

" I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. "

" 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. "

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

" Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.' "

" The whole business of basketball with China, it's just a huge business that enables us to come over and connect with them and continue that fan affair. "

" After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time. "

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