"You know, softball is the other sport I do besides basketball."
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"This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work."
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"You learn from mistakes, you learn from losses, but this game doesn't put something on me where it's, 'Hey, I've finally done it. This was a big game. We won it and we have to move on.'"
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"That's what keeps me humble because I know my background, know what my mother went through. I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. My mom always says and my friends all say, ’You're just a very low-maintenance guy’. I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life."
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"You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game."
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"I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay."
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"If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again."
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"No place is better than Akron."
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"They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots."
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"Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life."
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"I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things."
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"Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces."
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"I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready."
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"I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready."
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"If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it."
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"The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go."
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"I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now."
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"I expect us to win. I expect us to get better every day."
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"I was supposed to take the ball out. I told coach, 'There's no way I'm taking the ball out, unless I can shoot it over the backboard and it goes in. I told him, 'Have somebody else take the ball out, give me the ball, and everybody get out of the way.'"
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"It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor."
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