[After all, one year ago at this time, Grant was hobbling around. In fact, he spent the better part of the last four years on crutches.] I have every imaginable crutch, ... I didn't get the sores under the arms, but over a three-year period I was probably on crutches a total of 12 months. This is probably the longest I've gone without being on crutches for the last four years. I got off my crutches last in June or July of '03. |
Ask me anything about the lower extremities and I'll tell you whatever you need to know. But as for the abdomen, that's different. It does feel better, so we'll see how it feels (today). |
At times it's more frustrating than the ankle. The ankle was more serious and more time consuming. But when the ankle hurt, it hurt _ when I was playing, when I was walking, when I was laying in the bed and all the time. This is mysterious because it comes and goes. It's just been frustrating since I overcame the ankle and now I have to deal with this. |
Bottom line is, we've got better players and a better coaching staff this season. We need to take it as a personal and collective challenge to be better than we were last season and from the guys I've been talking to this summer, I think we are going to do that. |
Dwight, ... he was talking during training camp about his PlayStation 2, I mentioned something to him about Atari, and he had never heard of Atari. He didn't know what that was. So, it's just different generations. |
Even with medicine, you can do everything right and something can happen. That's just the nature of it. |
He has an unbelievable track record. It's been a tough few years I'm sure for New York and the fans, but they have the right people in place in terms of Isiah (Thomas) and Coach Brown and they'll get it right. They'll get better during the season and they'll figure it out. |
He's a good man. It didn't work out. But he definitely brings a wealth of knowledge to (Minnesota's) organization. |
I expect us to be good; very good. I expect us to first and foremost be better than we were last year and get back to having this franchise as one of the premier franchises on and off the court, and I think we have the opportunity to do that this upcoming season. I really believe that. |
I feel good. It'll be my first-back-to-back? I guess that's right. I plan on playing. |
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. |
I know the draft and free agency are the hot topics over the summer for fans, but once we get to training camp, none of the players are going to be saying, 'Oh, we'd be so much better if we had drafted this guy or signed that guy,' |
I wish I had the answer but I don't. We've got to continue to try to play hard and work through it and try to figure out what we can do to improve that. |
I would probably say yes. I don't see getting another surgery. We tried it. It didn't work. I don't see doing another. |
I'll be all right, ... I got bumped in the quadriceps right above the knee. |