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Detroit is full of talent.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.

I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.