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

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

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" 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. "

" Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts. "

" I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular. "

" 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. "

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

" Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I'm pretty sure we both know what we're doing. "

" I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can. "

" I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. "

" I draw from the crowd a lot. "

" If I panic, everyone else panics. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant. "

" The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them. "

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

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

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

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

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" Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff. "

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" It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer. "

" I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. "