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"You see, painting has now become, or all art has now become completely a game, by which man distracts himself. What is fascinating actually is, that it's going to become much more difficult for the artist, because he must really deepen the game to become any good at all."
"I'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone."
"People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do."
"I played one game, and one game played me."
"I took Hedo (Turkoglu) in the first game and Rashard (Lewis) hit the winning shot. I took Rashard in the second game and Hedo hit the shot. If I could clone myself, we'd be all right. But I can't."
"When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first."
"You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game."
"He reminds me of Michael Jordan. "You look and they have similar games where they want to lead their team to victory, no matter if they have to shoot the ball every time or if they have to rebound or pass, they're going to find a way to win." I've always said that Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in our game today and he's definitely proving himself."
"I'm going to be one of the top four that's ever played this game, for sure. And if they don't want me to have one of those top four spots, they'd better find another spot on that mountain. Somebody's gotta get bumped, but that's not for me to decide. That's for the architects."
"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."
"We were playing every game to win, we just happened to win 27 in a row. Our motto was to try and go out and win every game, but there's nothing really to talk about."
"Teams make it tough on us, we make it tough on them. When you have two well coached teams that wanna win, it's going to be a competitive game."
"Steph is scary. I've never seen anyone who can shoot the ball off the dribble like him. He got it going in 4th. Every game is different."
"Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won't let me be selfish."
"My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to."
"Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't."
"We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships."
"I spoil a lot of people with my play. If you have three bad games in a seven-year career, people are going to point that out."
"I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played."
"This is a proud moment for our city. This is the first time we have won a Finals game in this city, and I'm happy to be part of the history."
