You can't be held captive by the fear of failure or the fear of what people may say.

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 played T-Mac. I cooked him. Roasted him. Wasn't even close.

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

When you start training camp, you're building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.