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Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back.
I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught
Even last year I was watching the Celtics and I could see the offense was disheveled.
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.
I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.
For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.
I love the weather, I love my '63 droptop Impala, I love the 405, and I love my guys.
I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy.
Draft day is a hectic day, especially for draftees and, more or less, for management.
I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.
I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.
I always felt that I was as good as the next person, and I didn't care what they had.
Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
Both of my grandmothers are aging well, and my mom is, too. I've got some good genes.
Not being able to end the last game of my college career with a win, it really hurts.
It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious.
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
If you don't back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn't mean a thing.
I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.
Desmond Mason is one of my best friends in the world. And he's a great, great talent.
I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.
If our minds and hearts are into it, we can be a heck of a team. We can beat anybody.
I know a little bit how it is coming back from an injury, trying to find your rhythm.
Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'
You don't do charity work for publicity. Well, I know I don't. Everybody's different.
Hopefully I'll be a GM one day, or even a coach, teaching the game to the young guys.
All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.
I don't have the physical talent those guys have. My hard work has made me very good.
Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day.
I try and do the right things most of the time and let the chips fall where they may.
I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.
Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy.
Sometimes you've got to eat a turd sandwich; makes the ribeye taste better next time.
The best shooters shoot the exact same way every single time they look at the basket.
I'm a golf junkie, but I'm a sports fan. I'll watch pretty much everything that's on.
I'm a worrier, an overthinker, and - if it's your type of thing - a 3x WNBA champion.
New York is like a melting pot: so many different people, so many different cultures.
I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.
When my game is going well, everything gets much easier, offensively and defensively.
When you see me laughing on the court, it means I'm having fun and enjoying the game.
Those two months I didn't play didn't help me. But injuries are a part of basketball.
If we go to the conference finals and people say we had a bad season, I'll take that.
[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.
I try to be the best I can be at what I can do, and that’s playing hard & rebounding.
At the end of the day, guys don't want to foul, especially guys in the starting unit.
To build a friendship takes so much time and so many years. To ruin it, just seconds.
The attitude of wanting to win-doing everything in your power except cheating to win.
To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.