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" Your job, what you do every day, I think it takes a high priority over anything. That was something I dedicated myself to throughout my career. "

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" I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle. "

" As a young player, I always thought I was doing everything I could. But the longer you play, the more you learn, and the better you're prepared for what this game throws at you. "

" If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers. "

" Chicago's where I started my career. I've had a lot of success playing here. "

" If you're not on a team that's winning, it takes a lot out of you as a player. "

" There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players. "

" Coaching jobs are far and few between; you try and get into the right situation and take advantage of it from there. "

" Sometimes as a player, you're not there yet. The doctor can tell you the headache is gone, but he don't totally know that it is gone unless he can get in your head. "

" I think I learned a lot from a lot of experiences that I dealt with over my career. "

" I was LeBron James before LeBron James. "

" Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better. "

" It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept. "

" You look back at the '95 season, and a lot of those guys were getting mega minutes. Michael Jordan was out playing baseball. We were still winning, won 55 games I think, so those guys were all very content and happy with the way that things were going that year. "

" It takes locking in on the task at hand and honing in on what you need to do in order to be successful in the NBA postseason. "

" I feel like I'm a guy who gets other guys shots. "

" I'm a guy who is easy to get along with, and I'll put up with a lot of things. But not dishonesty. "

" When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through a two-year growth spurt, and suddenly, I was 6-foot-7. "

" When you get some easy baskets, the basket definitely looks like it's much larger. "

" I know how to win games. "

" When I grew up, I was just another kid who wasn't going to college. "

" The influence of a high school coach can be so powerful. "

" Being the youngest of twelve kids and having your underwear handed down teaches you how to share. "

" I wasn't really that interested in playing. I had gone through some hard times not playing in high school, but my coach had it in his mind that basketball was the way I would get an education. "

" I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy. "

" The key about playing internationally is the confidence that you gain. Not only do you train with some of the best players in the NBA, but you compete against some of the best players in the world. "

" Fans are demanding. They want to win. They want it now. If you have an injury, they want you back the next day. "

" The respect I had to give my brothers and sisters growing up I think has helped me. I want my kids to be raised the same way. "

" I thought the lanes opened up when Michael Jordan used to drive. I used to be like, 'Wow.' "

" When I was growing up, I never thought I would play in the NBA. "

" When I was four or five, I had an older brother who got paralyzed from the neck down in junior high school. Some kid did a wrestling fall on him and hit his spine. We had to take care of him. I went from being the baby to not really being the baby anymore. "