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I'm old school. I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.
Things can change in an instant, so why not live truthfully?
You've got to love the game and the game will love you back.
Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.
I have often wondered why I was never captain of the Lakers.
There aren't a lot of second chances for second-round picks.
I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others.
Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
Character is more important than any other leadership trait.
The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
Mike D'Antoni is a great offensive mind. He's a great coach.
I go to sleep at night, like, ’Am I gonna be alone forever?’
I'm not trying to have my whole life out there in the media.
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.
I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now.
I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.
If someone shows me love, I always want to double that love.
My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
It's easy to remember the wins, the good moments, the highs.
Every year the goal is a championship. That's what I expect.
Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.
I always have faith that good things will happen regardless.
I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.
I like to lead by people seeing me playing at certain level.
I know who I am as a player, I just want to help a team win.
Everything happens for a reason; I'm a big believer in that.
I try to be two or three steps ahead of my guy, my opponent.
I guess guys who play on national TV get a lot of publicity.
As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, bet you can't type that.
I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.
I have orders not to come back until I'm a thousand percent.
Being a father kind of gives you something more to play for.
I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.
My heart is definitely here, and there's no place like home.
When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.
I love Greek mythology, I love gladiators, I love war stuff.
I felt like I was better at football than I am in basketball.
With my teammates, I'm more open, funnier than people see me.
The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.
We can't have the mindset of becoming complacent with losing.
Sometimes you have to change. You know change is always good.
Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.
If you're scarde to fail, you don't deserve to be successful.
I'm all about having a good time and respecting my teammates.
When I signed back with Detroit, I signed to retire a Piston.
Even today a lot of people know me because of my grandfather.
Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it.