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I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.
Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.
I think just by the nature of getting older, I hope that I'm a smarter basketball player than I was at 23.
War very strange thing. Not easy, not easy for sure to leave family, friends, even car, house, everything.
You never know, the way technology is going, we might all use the games for scouting by the time I retire.
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.
In high school, I figured I'd get a few extra baskets by getting steals. I would just pressure up the ball.
He went about things a certain way, but no one can say Thibs wasn't a good coach. He was a hell of a coach.
It would have been harder for me to get rookie of the year in Cleveland than it would've been in Minnesota.
The only thing I wanted to change in the past was being a little bit more disciplined on the defensive end.
I can tell by body language who wants a shot and who's going to make it and who's going to take a bad shot.
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
Sometimes in the moment when I'm doing a press conference, one of my favorite things is to watch reporters.
All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber.
You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.
My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.
It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.
Coach K was great. We had a couple of individual conversations and he definitely taught me a lot of things.
Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.
What's my status? I'm just a guy from Saginaw, Michigan, trying to make it. But you know, pretty nice crib.
Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility
You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.
I'd rather take a contested shot than an open shot any day ... It's kind of boring when you take open shots
My teammates tell me to shoot the ball when I'm open. I feel like I'm open most of the time, so I shoot it.
There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.
Any coach certainly wants to have the opportunity to have some input over the personnel that he's coaching.
You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.
Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.
People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it's going to be easier to play with them on the court.
You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.
Teach players the game at an early age and stop treating them like cash cows for everyone to profit off of.
I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
Forever is a very wide word, but I'll be connected to the Spurs, if not contractually at least emotionally.
If someone is not playing defense or not giving effort, that's my specialty. I don't hold back on my words.
At 19 years old, when I came out of St. John's, I was fresh out the 'hood. I was fresh out of Queensbridge.
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else
Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason.
When I told the Pacers I wanted to play for the Lakers, that was true feelings. I wanted to come back home.
When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.