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" In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak. "

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" LeBron is a great post-up player, but if you get him to settle for the jumper on some nights, you might be able to slow him down if his shot is off. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was. "

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

" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in. "

" 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. "

" You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time. "

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

" I just love the pressure, truthfully, man. "

" When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender. "

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" You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself. "

Believe In Yourself

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

" 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 just think it's really upsetting when you see a community just go out and burn down stores and trash cars. "