"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

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"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

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"My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with."

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"I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well."

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"The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself."

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"It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game."

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"25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that."

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"I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually."

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