People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me. |
Raja and Kurt are always there for us, physically and mentally. They always make it difficult for the other team and always give us a chance to win. |
Shawn has been playing awesome right now. It was disappointing that the ball didn't bounce his way and he didn't get that record. But nonetheless it has been an incredible stretch of games and it has been awesome just watching him play and to play with him. |
Sometimes you realize that being smart and trying to be intelligent and share the ball and do the right thing makes (winning) possible. We share the ball. ... We try to move it and share it and be unselfish. And it's contagious. |
That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison. |
The addition of Tim Thomas was pretty seamless. I am amazed that the guy can come after not playing for so long and not even practicing with us and score 20 points. |
The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans. |
The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me. |
The great thing about (Bell) is he doesn't pride himself solely on scoring. He's a team player who comes and plays hard every night, no matter if he's getting the looks or not. |
The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night. |
The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you. |
The toughest opponents to defend are Iverson, Marbury and Payton. They are all very talented and can shoot at anytime from anywhere. |
There's so much going on that I'm sure a lot of people are going to think of a way to count us out. That's fine. But I also think we feel really confident and we wouldn't advise anyone to bet against us. |
They had great facilities, and the people have been very hospitable. It's been a blast. |
They hadn't beaten us with a large scoring output from Kobe, so they kind of looked for a different advantage. They have an advantage with the size, but I think we have advantages in other areas. |