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" Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it. "

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" 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. "

" Understanding history means knowing what motivates you. "

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

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

" I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. "

" I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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