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" It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If I panic, everyone else panics. "

" 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. "

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

" People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning. "

" I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want. "

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

" Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to. "

" These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. "

" The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. "

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

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

" I'm chasing perfection. "

" There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10. "

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

" We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water. "

" I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up. "

" The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that. "