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" I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it. "

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" I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man. "

" Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back. "

" I know how loyal I was to Coach Blatt, and the people that know me understand that. I have no control over what people think. "

" LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ. "

" It's tough coming out of Nebraska, where you're the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player. "

" I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships. "

" Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity. "

" I don't want to be a coach. I see how hard that is. "

" I like to fly under the radar. I don't like my name in everything. "

" I'm not the type of guy who wants the credit. "

" As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it's just not good for the game. The officials don't like it; you embarrass them, so it's just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard. "

" I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot. "

" I like cars and houses. I have three houses - in Atlanta, in Kansas City and Houston. "

" If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, and that's what's tough about sports. "

" When you're prepared, and you do the best you can do, and you put it out there on the floor, you've just got to live with the results. "

" I'm always watching. I'm watching everybody. San Antonio, Houston, Golden State, Washington, Boston, I'm watching everything. And my mind is always going: it's always running, and you're always trying to get an advantage somehow. "

" It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way. "

" If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it. "

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" With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate. "

" You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for. "

" Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win. "

" I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that. "

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" I've been collecting jerseys and shoes my whole career. "

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" I try not to be a typical athlete. "