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" If I panic, everyone else panics. "

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" I'm more than comfortable just sitting back and scoring 21, 22 points or whatever and getting 10, 11 assists whatever the case might be. More than comfortable with that. It's just a matter of the pieces that you have around you and what you can do to elevate everybody else. "

" I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. "

" I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place. "

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" Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise. "

" I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. "

" Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts. "

" What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me. "

" I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can. "

" I'm not the most patient of people. "

" I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose. "

" You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you. "

" I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can. "

" I'm chasing perfection. "

" I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship. "

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" Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style. "

" Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work. "

" In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent. "

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" Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing. "

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