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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

When you have the ball in your hand, you're the most important guy in the whole organization.

If I lose the ball, I lose it trying to do the right thing. That's the way it is.

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.

You can lead a team in a lot of different ways. It can be talking to somebody who is down or, during the course of a game, looking to penetrate and then dropping the ball off to someone else for an easy bucket.

I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.

Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that.

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.