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"Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else."
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"In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!"
"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
"A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play."
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
"In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to."
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
"I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen."
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"I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that."
"That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore."
"I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet."
"I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial goals while allowing the Heat the ability to acquire those players that we need to win a championship."
"Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team."
"I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money."
"But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me."
"I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?"
"This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain."
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