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

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" 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. "

" It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to it, because even when I played, I would watch film, talk about the game. "

" There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself. "

" 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. "

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

" A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back when we were exchanging each other's clothes, staying at each other's houses. That was before I had anything. "

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

" The whole business of basketball with China, it's just a huge business that enables us to come over and connect with them and continue that fan affair. "

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

" 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. "

" When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away. "

" I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing. "

" I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything. "

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

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

" The '80s, '90s, and early 2000s genes of competitive fire are dead and gone. "

" Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another. "

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

" I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way. "

" 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. "

" Dislike is what creates rivalries. "

" These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining. "

" I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest. "

" Everybody knows how much I disliked the Knicks when I was with the Celtics, but I think it's grown to another level. "

" I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him. "

" If I had to single one guy out who is the most difficult player to guard in the league, it would have to be Carmelo. "