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I want to be the dad that my father never was.
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I respect our greats. I admire them.
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You can actually get calls by yelling, 'And one!' as you release.
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I think too much of my leadership is done the bad way.
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Usually, when you win the championship, you party all summer and don't work out. But when I won, I mean, I had my good times, but I used it as motivation to do it again. When you realize you can accomplish something so great, you want to do it again.
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Understanding who you are is saying, 'You're great; you have tons of confidence, and don't ever forget that.' And that helped me, man. Because when things weren't going right, I thought, 'You've got to remember who you are. Don't stray from that. Don't let these things get you down.'
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Understanding history means knowing what motivates you.
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I'm an old-school guy. I'm a competitor.
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I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position.
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Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers.
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I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition.
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You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.
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I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing.
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When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, two perennial All-Stars, we felt like we had a championship team.
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Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there.
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Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.
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After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time.
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I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in.
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These seasons, as you get older, they just are so long and draining.
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That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.
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I just love the pressure, truthfully, man.
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I love the fact that I get to play against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Game 7 on the road.
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I love the fact that, if I don't win multiple championships, that I probably won't be mentioned amongst the other guys in Celtics history who've done it before. That type of stuff motivates me.
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Dislike is what creates rivalries.
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I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.
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If I see LeBron walking down the street, it's not going to be no fistfight. I've got a lot of respect for him.
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It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment.
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A lot of things change in the playoffs.
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Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it.
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Eating right is part of my lifestyle now.
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I didn't have a dad around to pick me up when I fell, throw the ball to me outside. I always wonder how it would be if I did have a dad there.
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I found my father through other people, through my older brothers, my high school coaches, so I had men influences along the way who helped me.
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I love walking the streets of New York.
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The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here.
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Good things only can last so long.
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It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.
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I remember I didn't know who Jason Williams was, and he got drafted ahead of me. It was just weird. I thought I'd be in the top five, and I slipped all the way to 10, so it was a strange night for me.
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I've been around this game for a long time - a lot of plane rides, a lot of bus rides, a lot of pregame speeches, a lot of national anthems.
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I always thrive on wanting to play against the best.
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Winning's not easy. In order to win, you've got to see the best.
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When I set my goals, I set them to where they fit within the team concept.
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I really don't use a personal trainer.
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I play a lot of pick-up games; I run a lot on my own.
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When you're a young player, and you're starting to scratch your potential, you don't know how good you can be.
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When Shaq gave me the nickname, it wasn't no Joe-Bob giving you a nickname. This is Shaq. It was like, whoa.
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I love getting up - in the summer, I get up at 5:30, 6 just to go train.
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I knew guys way more talented than me who fell through the cracks.
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I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path.
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I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
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I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.
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