I don’t want to be any problem to him, … I just want to be somebody that, when he has a problem, he can come talk to me about it.

[Iverson got a huge ovation from the nearly sold-out crowd of 17,551 on Wednesday, many wearing Iverson’s No. 3 jersey and screaming as loud as they could when his name was called for pre-game introductions.]...

I don’t have a problem with it. I’ll do it for the rest of the season.

When you have a first half like that nine times out of 10 you’re gonna have good lead. Guys are coming out with a sense of urgency the positive thing about that is that it’s...

I know I am healthy enough to go out there and not hurt my teammates.

Honestly, we know that we’re fighting for a playoff position. I just don’t want to settle for the eighth spot. If we play these games out and win most of them, we can get up...

I want to win a ring. I want to have an opportunity to get back to the Finals, but I just have to take it one day at a time, and understand that it can...

I got a tech for laughing.

As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that’s important…………..

I still have yet to accomplish what I’ve been trying to do from Day 1.

We’ve got to come out the same way we come out in the second half, … We’ve got to start the game with some sense of urgency. Once teams start hitting shots and get a...

It makes it that much more important. I don’t think it will have us play any harder because if you’re not playing hard at this point with these games right here, then you’re not gonna...

It was a team effort. We did everything that we needed for the win. You can’t put it on one thing. We’ve been doing a lot of things well. We’re playing well together. We’re defending....

I think it sends a bad message when we lose these pre-season games.

If it didn’t work out right, I’d probably be in here losing a lot of my money. That was bad. At that juncture of the game and on a significant play like that, you have...

We just didn’t finish the game off. We’ve been having that problem all season. Our problem is just stopping people and rebounding the basketball. Until we get that under control, we’re going to continue to...

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

I think Leon told Mo (76ers coach Maurice Cheeks) that they weren’t inviting me.

It was great. It felt like we turned that corner. We had leads going into the fourth quarter and we weren’t able to sustain them.

For that to happen with 4.9 seconds left, it’s devastating.

Those guys had their playoffs shirts made up and wanted to wear them after the game. We didn’t give them a chance to do that. We had extra incentive to beat them. Now, they have...

We’re not eliminated till we’re eliminated. I just feel good about not being eliminated. We get to live another day.

Chris and myself, some nights we’re going to struggle and we’re not going to be able to get it done. We need other guys to step up. When you get 31 from a guy off...

I know we got guys in here who can get it done, because it happens on some nights. But it doesn’t happen in others. This has to start with me, because I am our top...

I don’t think it’s good for the league,

Obviously, it’s bad if I couldn’t return. I’ll just get the MRI and see what it really is… I had problems walking, so I knew I couldn’t do any running. I couldn’t go. It’s real...

You play 82 games, and it’s unheard of that you win every game, but this is one we should have had,

Once you get away and come back, you’re ready to go. But knowing it’s a fresh start, like a new season; we’re taking it one game at a time.

That was my fault. Obviously, [Anthony Johnson] played good defense. I was looking to go right. He cut me off and got up on me really close, and I had to give it up. Basically,...

I think that with this team, we honestly worry about other things besides team concepts.

We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They did everything right and we did nothing right.

They got a bull’s-eye on my [butt].

Being an All-Star is everything.

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

We just believed in each other, got defensive stops when we needed them and executed our offense. We were able to make something happen.

It’s a big disappointment. They just jumped on us. Once we started to get into any type of groove offensively or defensively, it was too late.

I?m just trying to do a little more talking to the guys and assuring them I?m with them regardless, mistakes or no mistakes. I feel like it?s important to let your teammates know that they...

He has that confidence, that swagger with him. He doesn’t feel like a little young guy out of place anymore. He feels welcome. He knows that, that’s his spot and he’s a part of this...

He wasn’t calm. He was angry, and he had every right to be. What I got out of it is that the guys need to take a challenge to make this team better. He talked...

We’re not playing defense, … We’re not defending or rebounding the ball. That’s taking away a lot of baskets because we can’t run and we can’t stop anybody.

Once they made one breakdown, they left me open, and I got a good look at it.

I guess it’s just having time to play with each other and learning each other, just finding out how he wants to play and vice versa. He told me coming into the season that he...

We knew we were going to be short-handed, being that Chris wasn’t playing, and other guys stepped up and played big for us.

We got things done at the right time tonight. Every time we went down we kept our composure and got back into the game. We were able to get a lead and sustain it. We...

It’s all mostly effort when it comes to this game. Maybe some of the younger guys don’t have that sense of urgency we obviously need to win basketball games. I think as far as talent...

If that doesn’t let us know we can beat a good team, I don’t know what will. Hopefully this one will give us some confidence, coming back on the World Champs.

It’s just learning the game more. Just trying to approach it in a John Stockton-type of way, to where you don’t play so much with your physical ability all the time. You have to think...

I thought he played great. He played well in training camp. I’m excited about it. We played well with each other tonight.

Yeah, but I know who it is. It’s [the media]. It’s not like it’s coming from my teammates or it’s coming from the loyal fans. It’s the newspapers, it’s the media. The worst thing is...

That’s something we expect from Dre every night, … We know he has the ability to shut people down.