(Heat President) Pat Riley did a good job of bringing in some nice, cunning veterans, ... Even though they're big-name players, they're very, very unselfish. I don't see us having problems. |
(I still have) a little fluid in there, as you can see. So as long as the fluid goes down and it gets better, then I'll get back. I'm going to take some more medicine today and then see how it feels. I just know once I woke up (Wednesday) morning it was swollen. |
(James) hit a lot of tough shots. We got ourselves in too deep of a hole. |
[O'Neal didn't let the rebuke go unnoticed.] He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball, ... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out. |
A lot of people are probably worried that we're starting over. ... It won't be a problem at all, ... Everybody's going to be on the same page. We've got to get farther than we did last year, and we will. |
A lot of people probably are going to be worried that we have to start all over, but I have been here for a couple weeks now working with the guys, I know most of the guys, [and] it won't be a problem at all, |
A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I'm going to say, 'ouch.' If I pinch your right nipple, you're going to say 'ouch.' A foul is a foul and a flagrant is a flagrant. |
All the time. But not like he gets (to) where I'm going to beat him up after the game. |
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. |
As a youngster, I was looking at the legends. Now the youngsters are looking at me. I never really expected it. |
As long as Steve Francis is there doing what he's doing, Dwight Howard won't get any better. |
As long as the fluid goes down and it gets better, then I'll get back. |
Being a basketball player [who raps], I was the only one to do it correctly. Others have tried, but they can't do it like the Diesel. |
Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team. |
Bigger people. Bigger story behind it. It's going to be a big game. |