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I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.
The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.
I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.
We don't want to get frustrated because it sticks in your mind too much. We have to work at it and see what we did wrong.
I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.
A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.
When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.
I don't talk to reporters, because they're gonna write what they want to write, so let 'em write what they want to write.
I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.
I'm doing my job. I'm doing what's expected out of me, and I'm proud of the way I've been able to perform and contribute.
If my performance down the stretch lands me on the All-NBA, which I think I'm deserving of, then so be it. I'll be happy.
I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing.
You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.
I basically gave up drinking. Personally, I thought I was drinking too much and, over the long run, it caught up with me.
I was always looking at the ground because I was self-conscious about my height. I had big feet, big hands, and all that.
I can't speak for the Warriors but for me and my career, being traded to the Celtics changed the trajectory of my career.
I can be 60 years old, but I can always go back and play like I once did by just playing a video game. It's really great.
My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.
I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'
As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.
If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a brick wall.
Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?
Once it gets down to single-digit games, you know the season's end is approaching, and we're all pretty physically tired.
That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O'Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.
Anytime you want to take time off from a job that millions of brothers work so hard to get here, that's not being humble.
I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball.
The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport
Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had.
Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.
I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.
I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
I like to do a little bit of boldness but mixed in with a classic look. You don't have to do something crazy to stand out.
They told me many times throughout my career to bite my tongue and I told them my tongue's been bleeding since I was born.
I got 'Smooth' when I was growing up. I got 'Bigshot' playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me 'Smooth.'
Dream big; at least you will have the joy of reaching for the stars instead of living in a box filled with unopened gifts.
Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.
I'm not chasing money, so I'm not looking at just trying to stretch out a deal artificially just to have a certain number.
I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.
Everyday has to be different for me. Even if people are like, "You dressed up like a character today, it's not Halloween."
Ask any athlete. One of his dreams is to play in New York wearing a Knicks uniform. It's also always been a dream of mine.
If somebody says Kyrie Irving wants the Boston Celtics to win the championship without him, they're flat-out lying to you.
As you get older, every chance to win a championship is more crucial, because you are going to have less and less of them.
The 19th century was the great period of engineering, thanks to the railways, thanks to lots of discoveries in metallurgy.
The conditioning aspect of things is really important, obviously in basketball, and then specifically for players like me.
There's teams that have a lot of success in the back-to-back, and I think those teams just have a strong mental fortitude.
You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.
Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.
I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.