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

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" I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Good things only can last so long. "

" A lot of things change in the playoffs. "

" The game isn't over till the clock says zero. "

" You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note. "

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

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

" At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. "

" I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train. "

" I respect our greats. I admire them. "

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" I've always been the Rodney Dangerfield of this game. Maybe it was meant to be that way, but that always drove me. "

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

" I've never been on the cover of a game. When people go into the store and see me on the cover of a game, maybe that will entice them to buy it. "

" 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. "

" I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game. "

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" 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. "