He's one of the best power forwards of all-time. I take my hands off to him.

We aren't playing as well as we'd like.

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.

It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.

I know sometimes I need to be more like M.J., but M.J. also needs to be more like me. He needs to be the player he is with more my mentality.

I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.