Pau Gasol
Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.
It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win.
In-N-Out is incredible, but don't tell coach I've been going there. He would flip out and put some curse on me.
I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window.
No one could have prepared for me BBQ on pizza. I mean, both are great. But together? It was incredible.
I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further the team game, because we have enough talent to use different players.
If our minds and hearts are into it, we can be a heck of a team. We can beat anybody.Collection: Team
I don't settle. That's how I am.Collection: Settling
I may not be the most physical player, that's not my nature. But I am a competitor and I play as hard as I can.Collection: Player
All the stats don't mean a thing if we don't get the win. The most important stat is the win. Nothing else really matters if you don't get the win.Collection: Mean
It doesn't matter what you've done, but what you're going to do the next game, and that's what I'm focused on.Collection: Games
You never know when it is your last game or your last tournament.Collection: Games
When I'm aggressive and physically feel pretty good, I'm hard to stop.Collection: Aggressive
Nobody had faith in me when I got here except my team. That's what carried me through all the transition problems and adjustments and everything.Collection: Team
I like the fact people consider me unique, one of a kind.Collection: Unique
I want to be on the floor. I want to fight for the win.Collection: Fighting
We have a great friendship that I hope will last our entire lives.Collection: Lasts
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.Collection: Jobs
I'm not the number-one guy here ... if it translates to winning, I don't mind taking a step back as far as roles.Collection: Winning
I want to keep playing at the kind of level where I'll get respect from everybody.Collection: Levels
I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.Collection: Winning
I try to look at what KG does, what Tim Duncan does, what Amare Stoudamire does ... I compare and evaluate myself with them.Collection: Trying
The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.Collection: Play Hard
I take losses very personal and very serious.Collection: Loss
The coach has put a lot of trust in me to make good decisions in the post.Collection: Decision
I just need to get more aggressive and let my teammates feel all that energy and all that emotion.Collection: Energy
I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.Collection: Stay Strong
I feel like I can compete against any physical player.Collection: Player
When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.Collection: Motivation
I don't think there's a lot of discipline right now.Collection: Thinking