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"At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area."
"I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship."
"The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them."
"You have to go with things that you understand. Businesses that you know."
"You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's fun. I'm comfortable with it."
"I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night."
"You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you."
"It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it."
"I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American."
"I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an 'older' young man."
"You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game. There were a lot of decisions made business-wise that I wasn't happy with, and I took a lot of blame over the years. But you have to be able to separate that from the love you have for the game."
"Nobody in the world can guard me one-on-one."
"I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that."
"Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win."
"I've been watching Messi for some time now, and his ability to decide games and keep possession of the ball is amazing."
"I wouldn't say I'm a ball hog. I'm a shooter."
"This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers."
"When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience."
"It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them."
"My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' . . . I think that's almost worse than death."