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When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.
I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing.
I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.
When I'm under the gun and I've got pressure on me, I don't panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.
I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.
The concept of industry domination of regulatory agencies was well known and documented in the literature by the 1960s.
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.
We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.'
Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.
Defensive awards and accolades aside, to have your jersey retired puts you in a position where you'll be known forever.
I'd probably say the championships mean more to me, but the gold medal makes you a bit different. It's a special award.
Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.
We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.
I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.
I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.
At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.
The bigger you become as a player and the more success you have as a player, the spotlight definitely becomes brighter.
Yugoslavia is a little country, and everybody likes basketball. If I don't play for my national team, everybody be sad.
I was familiar with the Heat and their culture because I played with Dexter Pittman and he was here early in his career.
I love the game of basketball so much. I have a lot of goals for myself. I want to make sure I compete every single day.
A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player.
I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.
My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.
Schoolwork came kind of natural to me, but when I brought home a grade that wasn't up to par, my parents let me know it.
That's the great thing about big cities: Nobody is judging. You really get a chance to show who you are with your style.
All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.
O love, please give me a passionate red recycling bin. I will put my desire in it. I don't ever want to throw love away.
I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.
There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted.
I wouldn't change my experience for anything. It made me the person I am today. Not just on the court but off the court.
Building stuff. Lifting blocks. That's how I got stronger. I never lifted weights. I just did masonry work with my pops.
I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
I think at the end of the day, regardless of who you're playing against, there's talent on every single team in the NBA.
You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves
Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible
I knew my worth. I knew I could be one of the best 2-guards in the league. I'm not going to be bashful about it anymore.
It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice
I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.
Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.
If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.
I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.
I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.
Who cares who gets the last shot or scores the most points? Who cares who gets the credit? If we win, we're all winners.