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" If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail. "

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

" Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting. "

" At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm chasing perfection. "

" The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear. "

" It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer. "

" It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely debilitating - I'm going to be the same player I've always been. I'll figure it out. I'll make some tweaks, some changes, but I'm still coming. "

" 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. "

" My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40. "

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" If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do. "

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" Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out. "

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" I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant. "

" 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. "

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" The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them. "

" One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone. "

" Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. "