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Orlando is my history.
The NBA is my history.
I was blessed to get the contracts I had.
I was one of the best players in the NBA.
I want to finish my career on a high note.
It's just hard to watch isolation basketball.
I am used to the hype because I played in the NBA.
I want to contribute in any fashion to a great team.
I was a sneakerhead before I even made it to the NBA.
I'm so thankful and blessed for the Heat organization.
For sure, I definitely feel like there's a target on my back.
I like to speed teams up. I don't like them to get in their rhythm.
People who weren't watching basketball were still fans of Lil Penny.
Someone takes the challenge with me, I'm going to take it right back.
If I've learned anything, it's that you can't take anything for granted.
When you still have something in the tank, it's really hard to let it go.
I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.
That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.
Injuries made people lose confidence in me, but I never lost confidence in myself.
It's amazing to see these young guys come into the league and want to wear my shoes.
I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.
I've coached grassroots for eight years, I coached middle school, and I coached high school.
I didn't do it the traditional way of being an assistant first and then becoming a head coach.
I was as popular as you can be - All-NBA, Olympian. You couldn't get any higher than where I was.
I can pass on a lot of information. I'm just never going to be the 21-year-old Penny Hardaway again.
The college kids are recruiting each other. When they go to a school, they start recruiting each other.
I don't know who Rick Barnes thinks I am, but I'm not a dude that likes to just mess around about anything.
As an athlete, the body can fail you. I know. The mind and your education will be there to keep carrying you.
I can scream and yell that I can still play, but unless I prove it, people will say, 'Yeah, Penny, whatever.'
I didn't care about titles unless they were championship titles. I don't care about who the man is on the team.
Basketball gave me an avenue to live my dream, and I just want to help other kids live their dreams through me.
There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.
I was into 'In Living Color,' 'Martin,' the 'Ace Ventura' movies. I love slapstick stuff, too: 'Naked Gun' and 'Caddyshack.'
Recruiting is tough because you have to stay in the battle. You've got so many guys that are going after a certain amount of kids.
I think what makes a really good shoe is something that you can play ball in but also something that you can wear off the court as well.
I think it's a huge compliment from the younger guys understanding what I did for the game and wanting to represent me by wearing my shoes.
Talk about full circle, I never saw this coming. It wasn't like I said, 'Someday, I want to be the head coach at the University of Memphis.'
The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.
I made it real clear I wanted to play in Orlando. Part of it was Shaq. But I also just liked Orlando. It's not all glitzy and reminds me of Memphis.
If I had stayed there, swallowed my pride, been able to save Orlando all over again, which is what they were trying to get me to do there, I'd be O.K. now.
I haven't felt like I ever had a chance to blossom into the player and the person I want to be in Orlando. It's almost like I've been held down every time.
There's the hardest thing - when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.
My brain never stops thinking about basketball, and even when I'm asleep, I'm thinking about basketball. I love it; I love the Xs and Os and the preparation of it.
I wore No. 25 in college, so naturally when I arrived in Orlando, I wanted that number, but Nick Anderson had it. I decided to go with No. 1 because of my name, Penny.
Kobe has a different temperament than me. We're both competitive, but he was much more outspoken. I would let anything roll off me. Nothing bothered me. I never complained.
When you accomplish certain levels of success in a number, you want that number to always be a part of you. In a way, you're bringing that success with you when you're wearing it.
I want to see the Memphis flags waving on the cars. I want to see the T-shirts going again, the hats going again like the old school days, and that's what we want to take it back to.
My microfracture was handled like a routine arthroscopic surgery. They thought it was a 6-to-8 week deal. Now we know, from Amare Stoudemire to Kenyon Martin, that it's a longer deal.
I felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.
Mentally I was retired, and physically I was retired. I was playing recreational ball. But when the decision happened with Chris Bosh and LeBron, I felt like I could really be good in that system.