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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I like the Raiders. That's my favorite team. "

" 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. "

" When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, two perennial All-Stars, we felt like we had a championship team. "

" Kids get influenced by other kids. "

" 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 no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known. "

" I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path. "

" 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

" 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. "

" That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way. "

" I remember I didn't know who Jason Williams was, and he got drafted ahead of me. It was just weird. I thought I'd be in the top five, and I slipped all the way to 10, so it was a strange night for me. "

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

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

" People probably won't even remember I played for the Clippers. "

" Dislike is what creates rivalries. "

" My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on. "

" 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.' "

" I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me. "

" I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist. "

" A lot of people don't know this: when I was young, I wanted to be a garbage man. I asked my mom, and she said they made good money, and it was steady work. "

" It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment. "