I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.

Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?

I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that's what I do.

You just stay patient, that's all.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

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.

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.