Miami probably was the single moment that stands out. Those are the moments you dream about, and I was fortunate to have it happen to me. |
No, I'm not going to do that. |
Now we are trying to do something positive for them. |
Over the last two years, I have done everything I could possibly do to get back on the court, but injuries to my knee would not allow me to do it. |
Right now I can't play. I'm not really healthy. It's not really to the point where it's healed. It's been a long time that I've been playing injured and I've been doing a lot of damage to my knees for a long time. |
The fans of New York were unbelievable, ... I want to thank the fans for not only supporting me, but challenging me. |
They're young. There hasn't been a lot of consistency with players. Hopefully when the organization can gain some momentum through some consistency with some players and the coach being there a couple of years. That's really how you start to build it back. |
They've been really respectful and cooperative, ... I think the trainers have been good about how we're doing this and everyone's been communicating. At the same time, I don't want to be disruptive, either, to Coach (Larry Brown) and to Isiah and to the team. I want to make sure I'm doing whatever I can and my body's making the right progress. |
Training is different than going 100 miles per hour with a coach Brown team, ... That's the ultimate test. I tried it. The reason I didn't give it another chance was because I said, 'I've given it so many chances and tried everything I possibly could.' I had to really reflect and get past what you want, your desire, what you're willing to go through and say, 'What is really the right plan for me right now?' |
We're going to give it a couple of days to settle down and just keep doing what we've been doing, ... I'm not really overreacting to anything. It's just that you've got to give it time. I haven't really been doing it. Once you're going at full speed, your body has to respond to it. You have to let it do it at its own pace. |
What I will say is the retirement thing is something I've been laughing at, you should be laughing at, everybody should be laughing at, ... It is kind of frustrating. As much as I've communicated to everyone that I'm not going to retire, it's like people still don't know. I'm not going to retire. I'm still going to play. |
When we beat Indiana, I really don't remember anything about the game, ... I just remember running around and hugging my teammates, hugging Jeff and seeing the fans react to us, that we got back to the Finals. |
Yeah, I do feel it, ... I think going at this intensity is new ... The biggest thing is how much rest it's going to have to have in between. That's what's going to be determined. It's still a work in progress. |
You see something like this, driving around in your car, walking around in your house, like Steph said, you almost feel guilty because there are people who have lost everything. I just want to encourage everyone to do something. |