I'm looking around the room and seeing guys that I'm playing with that are tearing the league up that were like four during my first All-Star Game, how many players can say they've played 20 years and actually have seen the game go through three, four generations, you know what I mean ? It's not sad at all.

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Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

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I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

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It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

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If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

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Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

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Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you view, you can view from that perspective, which makes everything a learning asset for you.

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These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

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I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

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I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

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Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.

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If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

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You just stay patient, that's all.

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The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

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People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

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What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection... and if I don't get it, I'm going to get this close.

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I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

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You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

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When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.

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I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

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