I've been blessed to have a body that's durable.

I work hard in the offseason for that situation - for injury prevention.

It's hard for me to miss out on a game.

Family comes first - above basketball.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.

I like to get down there and get physical. I like to get down there and try to show my strength, try to be a macho man.

I feel like if I get my legs under me, strengthen my legs up a lot more I'll be able to get out there and face the challenges of a 3.

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

I keep my family around me.

You know, I'm not a selfish guy.

People looking down, looking down, don't think a guy like my stature can be an All-Star. And every night I try to step out there and prove them otherwise.

You've got to be more focused, especially starting and playing more minutes. You know the ball's going to be in your hand a lot so you've just got to be prepared for it.

It's kind of hard to sit on the bench and watch your team go down when you think you can go out there and make a difference.

Sometimes the calls just don't go your way. You've just got to learn to deal with those situations and try to prevent yourself from being in the same situation the next game.

I'll just continue to be aggressive. That's my thing.

If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.

Boston is always going to be a second home for me.

The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that.

I was a typical K-Swiss guy with sweatsuits. I was a ball player, so the ballers, we wore our game shorts to class. We didn't really have a fashion in high school like other kids.

You've got to put in the work. And you've got to play with confidence. You've got to believe in yourself.

I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist; I knew that early. When they started talking about dissecting frogs, I knew I wasn't going to be a scientist.

My brother was a huge Charles Barkley fan - my brother went to Miami. He played power forward, and he always used to tell me stories about Barkley and college. And I watched Barkley growing up. I loved what he brought to the game. His toughness and just his attitude, being as strong he was.

You've got to be able to finish out the season on a strong note.

It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.

'A Christmas Story' is my favorite Christmas movie.

When you've been around the game so much for so many years, it's just like it's a part of you.

When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender.

I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.

I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows.

I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong people around them telling them the wrong things. They wind up going down the wrong path.

Good things only can last so long.

In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak.

I've never been in a gang. None of my friends have been in a gang. I've never rolled around with big entourages.

I respect LeBron. People think we have a hate for each other, but I totally respect what he's done.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

I'm a basketball junkie and a real historian of the game, so for me to get a chance to express it and give my perspective on a national stage, I'm really enjoying it.

I can't remember last time I had a soda. It tastes like acid to me now.

I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.

I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position.

'Pulp Fiction' is my favorite movie of all time.

My strength comes from my mom. Just seeing what she had to go through to raise us, she wouldn't make excuses; she wouldn't put her head down. So I guess I looked at adversity right in the eye and took it on.

When you're not winning in your last couple of years, it gets frustrating because where's your motivation?

I don't have to use anything to motivate me, a trade or anything like that, for me to say I want to win a championship.

I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life.

Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting.

Kids are the most genuine thing to me: everything they say and do, they mean it.

You definitely gotta get more rest as an older player than you did when you were young. You're young, full of energy. You're out, up late, watching movies or out hanging out with your friends.

Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this.