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I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.
The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
At 23, I know I'm nowhere close to where I want to be and where I need to be and where I'm going to be.
I want to be there for my daughter - when she falls, to pick her up. When she needs help with homework.
It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.
Getting a tear in my ACL in 2012 puts a lot of things in perspective about being able to play the game.
To be honest my mentor was my mom and dad. I was very blessed and fortunate to have parents like I had.
I think Paul Pierce, the way he manufactures points, is the best player the Celtics have seen thus far.
Every day when I get on the floor I give it my all and play because you never know what tomorrow holds.
I'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side.
When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.
Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it.
We just forced them into tough shots that whole overtime. It was a classic five minutes that we needed.
I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.
Nowadays, the difference between athletes is really small, and if you can get an edge, why not take it.
The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.
I know that three months before the season is not enough to become a good NBA player, but it's a start.
Even to this day, I rarely read any articles on myself. I won't watch anything on television on myself.
I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.
I'm a chill guy, a very normal guy. I hang out with my friends, play video games. I'm just a normal kid.
Dakin (to Irwin, his teacher): Do you really believe that, sir, or are you just trying to make us think?
People are honest, that's the culture. East Coast, but specifically Boston. People are just good people.
L.A. has such great restaurants, from fancy spots to hole-in-the-wall, there is something for everybody.
We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.
Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.
To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you're playing your game.
I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.
How can U fairly assess someone from the outside looking in ... majority of the times you will be wrong.
If I got a chance to play with another great player, I want to do that. I mean, the objective is to win.
When I first got into this league, I knew a lot. But I made myself better by listening and working hard.
I always tell D-West, 'We're the leaders on the team, and if we go down, we've got to go down shooting.'
When your teammates trust you to make the right play, your confidence is building as every game goes on.
My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.
I'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in the basket.
If we lose a couple in a row this season, it will be like the World Trade [Center] is coming down again.
I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.
Good teams don't care about who scores. Good teams just care about scoring; they don't care who does it.
When you're educated, it allows you to be more worldly. It's more than just what happens in a classroom.
All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects.
I don't know, I think the crowds are even more responsive now because the audiences are skewing younger.
Kobe is Kobe. He is one of the best to ever play this game. Given the opportunity, he can embarrass you.
I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise.
It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.
I don't want to blame it on not having a father figure in my life, but that has a lot to do with it too.
The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.
There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.
Stubborness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.
You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.