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“Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.”
“I try to be the best old head I can be.”
“Teams know what I bring to the table.”
“I don't really focus on the guy that's defending me.”
“I think in Toronto my job was to score just based on the system that we had. We played a lot of iso basketball - a lot of one-on-one basketball.”
“It's one of those things I have been able to do - play well with my teammates and getting others involved.”
“I realize the responsibility of being a starting point guard.”
“I've always had a maturity level different than guys my age.”
“I had the opportunity to play alongside Allen Iverson and Kevin Ollie at the same time. I kind of had the best of both worlds. I had one guy that was super talented and another guy that came with his lunch pail every day and that was a worker. I want to kind of be a mix of both.”
“I want a real opportunity to win a championship.”
“I thought I was pretty average height. And then it just clicked to me - 'Yo, you're undersized.' I guess when I got older and my body started hurting, I'm like, 'I'm not as big as I thought I was.' So I always played with the mentality that I was bigger than I actually was.”
“I'm not easily influenced by a lot of people.”
“It's not an easy thing to be in this league 10 years. Especially with me being a second-round pick, the 46th pick, and an undersized guard, to carve a lane for myself and have a career, for my family to realize that and appreciate that, it meant a lot to me.”
“When it comes down to playoff basketball, it's attention to detail.”
“I like to lead by example. I like to lead by my actions.”
“I've always been kind of a fourth-quarter guy.”
“I was raised in a musical house. Marvin Gaye. Boyz II Men. Jodeci. My mom always played that Toni Braxton song, 'Un-Break My Heart.' When I hear that song, it still puts me right back in the car with her.”
“I enjoyed my time in Houston but it was short-lived and it really didn't make a huge impression on my life.”
“Obviously, Ray Allen is a huge threat, Eddie House coming off the bench is a huge threat, as far as three-pointers go.”