[Fellow Knick Allan Houston also attended.] When you see something like this and drive around in your car and walk around your house, it's like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because people 10 hours from here have lost everything, ... We're supposed to do this from our heart. |
[It] was always my dream to finish here. |
[One thing, however, has remained the same: his belief that he is supposed to be on the court.] It has everything to do with the deep feeling and desire I have to still contribute, the feeling that I know that this is still my purpose, ... I wouldn't have worked this hard for a year and a half if I didn't believe I should be out here. |
At the same time I don't want to be disruptive either, ... I want to make sure I'm doing whatever I can and my body is making the right progress. |
Even though I wasn't practicing twice a day, I was still doing some stuff, ... So it just really didn't have any time to recover. I don't think it's fair to judge it off training camp, though. |
God has overwhelmed me with blessings, and I am led to share them with others, |
Going at this intensity is new, so I'm going to have to just continue to adjust. |
He's a guy that can dominate. |
He's an impact player, ... He's one of those guys that when you play against him, you say, 'Man, if we had him, it'd be nice.' |
I almost fought back a lot of tears, honestly. It was great, a wonderful feeling. The last time I'd been in this building with a crowd was when I played. |
I always said that I would be back and told the fans that I would be back, and I always truly in my heart believed that, ... But sometimes your will, your passion, your competitiveness, kind of override what your body is going through, and I was strictly running off of those emotions and that will. |
I always wanted to be in those moments when you could have an opportunity to win the game, |
I always wanted to be in those moments where you could have an opportunity to win a game with a play or a shot, or have a part in it, ... I've been very fortunate to have a lot of those moments. Miami was probably the single moment that stands out. If I had a Knick memory that would stand out, that would be it. |
I did everything I possibly could to get back and finish my career the way I would have liked to. My injuries just wouldn't let me do it. |
I don't have to come back, but I really want to. I really want to play and I believe God wants me to. And that's the one thing I've been very adamant about saying. It's been hard. |