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" 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. "

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" 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.' "

" 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've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems. "

" People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers. "

" I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 have an opinion. I have a right to have one, and that's the way I feel. "

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

" I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn. "

" I really don't use a personal trainer. "

" 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. "

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

" I respect our greats. I admire them. "

" The media in Utah is not the same as the media in New York, so that can wear on some people. "

" 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. "

" The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that. "

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

" Good things only can last so long. "

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

" Understanding history means knowing what motivates you. "

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

" I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls. "

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

" I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages. "

" Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this. "

" I'm the classic case of a great player on a bad team, and it stinks. "

" 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. "

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