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The NBA fits my game.
I'm relentlessly aggressive.
I don't always have to dunk the ball.
I'm just getting wiser as I get older.
There's no second-place winners in this league.
The only thing that motivates me is to become better.
I just want to get as far away from Indiana as possible.
My hopes and dreams are to be in the Hall of Fame one day.
When stuff happens to you, it just makes you tougher, man.
You have to challenge yourself and things happen from there.
Spectacular plays just happen. That's just part of the game.
I started jogging, jogging and jogging. I ran this weight off.
Anytime you struggle, people are always going to say something.
I'm no dummy. I have a good sense of the business end of this game.
My lifestyle is probably not quite what people would expect it to be.
I always say, 'When things are quiet, you know something is going on.'
I've always appreciated basketball. I never tried to disrespect the game.
When things don't go right, people are always trying to protect themselves.
If you have a goal, you have to step forward and try to get it accomplished.
I never want to be considered a guy who made a lot of money who didn't earn it.
You don't work your butt off for 90 yards of a 100-yard dash and then just quit.
I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.
I don't just want to be the best player in the NBA, I want to be the highest paid.
I'm not U.S.A. Olympic image. I didn't go to college. I came from a different route.
It doesn't matter who's under the basket, I'm going to try to slam or block the shot.
I never went to the Sonics and asked for more money. I didn't ask for another dollar.
You don't play eight years and all of a sudden let your game go down just for a trade.
Money means a lot of respect. It means a lot of accomplishment and a lot of hard work.
I guess the all-American presentation of what a player is supposed to stand for is not what I am.
Anytime you're playing with a team that's losing, the main guy is going to take a lot of the heat.
A lot of times, the spectacular play the fans see is not always what I tried to do. It just happens.
Anytime you play basketball and your backs are to the wall, you have to come out and play aggressive.
You can't be a losing team and get a new arena. That's not fair. That's not fair! That's how I see it.
My game hasn't changed at all. I don't call it flair or whatever. It's just the way I've always played.
Making it to the Finals was the hardest work. You have to go out and play the physical and mental game.
I don't go out looking to make spectacular plays. I just try to come in and be a physical presence inside.
I will be Shawn Kemp regardless of whether I have money or not. The only thing money does is show who you are.
I've been called so many names and been written off by so many people who just say, 'Whatever happened to this guy?'
When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.
There is no positive outlook about Shawn Kemp in Seattle. When that name is mentioned, it brings nothing but negativity.
In the NBA, you always have to make the right decisions. You should feel free to live a normal life, but you really can't.
The best feeling is when you dunk on a big guy bigger than you, then you can give him that look. It shrinks him down a bit!
I'm not trying to come back and change the perception of what people think about me. They can think what they want to, man.
When a person gets to the age of 35 and you go to jail, it either makes you or breaks you. It made me identify what I wanted.
When you watch the old NBA, one thing is for sure, you will see more fights, a little more talking, bigger guys, bigger bodies.
When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you lost, you had to work to get the arena.
I played so many years without having a big contract, to have the big contract and not win and not have the appreciation, it hurt.
Most of the time when you're going for a championship, unless you have guys who are willing to sacrifice, you're not going to win it.
People are always going to be negative when they mention my name, but I can accept that and that's what makes it easier for me to go on.
I see myself as a winner. I'm not one of those guys who say, 'Let's come back next year and maybe give it a better shot.' The shot is now.