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" 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. "

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" Kids get influenced by other kids. "

" People don't understand the power of love and family and strength. "

" I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there. "

" My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game. "

" I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue. "

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

" I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it. "

" When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation? "

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

" I give my honest opinion, whether it's right or wrong, but it's an opinion that I'll make. "

" I think I've had an illustrious career. "

" 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

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

" I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. "

" I was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids. "

" Boston is always going to be a second home for me. "

" The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered. "

" We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.' "

" I love walking the streets of New York. "

" Everybody is entitled to an honest opinion. "

" I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks. "

" Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there. "

" Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player. "

" Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.' "

" 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. "

" Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo. "

" I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship. "

" Life changes when you have a child, when you have your own family. You become more careful about what you do. You're not going to be out late, going out to clubs, hanging out with your friends. You're going to be at home, taking care of your daughter, playing with her. "

" I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework. "