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" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "

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" When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept. "

" Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble. "

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

" I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road. "

" I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path. "

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

" 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. "

" I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train. "

" We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.' "

" I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then. "

" I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks. "

" Understanding who you are is saying, 'You're great; you have tons of confidence, and don't ever forget that.' And that helped me, man. Because when things weren't going right, I thought, 'You've got to remember who you are. Don't stray from that. Don't let these things get you down.' "

" When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance. "

" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "

" 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. "

" It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment. "

" 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 really don't use a personal trainer. "

" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I respect our greats. I admire them. "

" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "

" There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself. "

" 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. "