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I don't go home to parades.
I was just lucky to have a uniform.
Sometimes you're your own worst critic.
You can find advantages to being small.
Mostly, I go in the weight room and visit.
Struggles are what made everything worth while.
It's great to win, regardless of how you did it.
I'm a bartender's son. Some things you never forget.
The West is tough. Great teams. Great records, top to bottom.
My impression is that the NBA always precluded anything else.
I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.
I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.
I heal quickly, and I stay in good shape, and I will stay in good shape.
I'm not much of a numbers guy, and yet that's the way I'm defined a lot.
It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.
I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.
If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat.
I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.
My playing time in 1992 was limited because of an injury I suffered in a practice.
I had been told I might be drafted in the fourth round. 'Great,' I said at the time.
Just because everybody else does something isn't a good enough reason to do anything.
I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.
If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.
I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.
You never think about being wide open. I don't know if I can describe the feeling. Tremendous.
Once I came to Salt Lake City, I didn't want to go anywhere else. It was home sweet home for me.
Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.
Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.
It's not win or die at my house. We're all competitive, but it's not the type to get stressed out by it.
I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.
I think I laid it all out there for 19 years, and you don't always achieve all the goals that you shoot for.
I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'
Usually for the last play, everyone goes helter-skelter. They go to the wrong spots. They don't do the right thing.
I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.
I never consciously thought about going all the way through the 'Gonzaga farm system,' but that's the way it happened.
With kids and all the other activities around the house, I'm finding it harder to give my full attention to basketball.
I just play. I'm not one to think about it. If I get one assist and we win, that's great. Otherwise, I could care less.
To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.
I think records are irrelevant, but I'm being approached about it all the time. If I could avoid it, that would be great.
I haven't played quarterback since eighth or ninth grade. I didn't see it get much attention when I completed a pass then.
I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.
You have a different personality in front of the world than you do in front of your pals at home. I like to keep them separate.
I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.
I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.
I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.
The main thing I worry about with the shoes I wear is comfort. What you're comfortable wearing is what you're going to play your best in.
It's always in a cycle. One set of plays will work really well for a time, and then defenses figure it out, and you go to something else.
For me, the timing has been good, but I also feel very lucky to be playing in Utah. We have a good team with tremendous players who like to win.
My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.
If you start chasing around trying to get steals for your own benefit, then you really put your defense at a disadvantage. It's not a big thing for me; if it happens, great.