I would tell [former coach Larry Brown] that we should try this and he would try it, … The last couple of years, that fell away. I didn’t have input. I didn’t do too much...

When we rebound the ball, we’re able to do that. We don’t want to come down and play a half-court game all the time.

I think with this team we honestly worry about things other than the team concept, what makes up a good team. We always bring in a bunch of guys that play hard, and we might...

I promise you it’s not that. If I can play the way I played the last two games from some controversy, I will hope there’s controversy going on all of the time.

I want to play. Obviously we didn’t get it done the first time I was a part of that team. If God blesses me with another opportunity to try it, it would be an honor....

It’s frustrating, because we wanted to go to the holiday with a win and unfortunately we couldn’t do that. We have to get it out of our system, enjoy the holiday, and come back to...

You feel like older players at the end of the season start to wear down. That’s not the case with [Webber]. He’s getting stronger, it looks like. That’s what we’re going to need.

I wasn’t used to the attention, I wasn’t used to having money, I wasn’t used to being the main focus on an NBA team.

We don’t have an identity as far as how we play on the defensive end. We always score, so it’s obvious our problem is in other areas.

It’s sore, but that’s what I expected. I knew that once I missed the road trip that I was going to try to go the first game back. We had a couple of days off...

It makes it that much easier for me, especially when he gets that attention on the post and people double him, and I get the entry pass. I get people running out at me, I...

I want to win a ring. I want to have the opportunity to get back to the Finals. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.

The whole paper is like a book, Tales From the Dark Side or something.

I could have played 48 minutes. I have never had problems with my conditioning before. For a coach to say that he thinks my conditioning isn’t there, that was something new for me. Because nobody...

just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesn’t mean he’s a good guy.

These guys don’t have all the physical ability but they are able to win basketball games because they play the right way.

I think I’m getting better as a basketball player.

Obviously, it’s bad if I couldn’t return. I just had problems walking. I knew I couldn’t do any running.

But when you want to come to work, it makes things that much better. Mentally, when you’re at work, it doesn’t feel like work. When you take the fun part away from basketball, that’s a...

We just needed win – period. We’re just struggling so badly right now. Then to lose this would have been bad because we played really well defensively.

We score with the best of them. If we concentrate on defense like we do on offense, then we’ll win a lot more ballgames.

This is the thing you dream about when you’re a kid, even before getting into the league.

I’ve been seeing a different side basically all year long. His demeanor is totally different from being an assistant coach and the Maurice Cheeks that I got to know throughout the years of him being...

They knock Shaq about his free throws. I’m the one that needs to be getting knocked.

I think if Yao Ming was on my team, we’d probably have a 100 percent chance of winning an NBA championship.

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

The good part about this is you get to see what type of character you have as a team.

It’s an honor you know to be able to accomplish something like that knowing what he meant to this franchise and to the league. It’s a great accomplishment, but without my guys, there’s no way...

Our problem is not on offense. Our problem is defense, and until we realize that, we’re going to struggle. If we figure it out and understand that we need to play [together] on the defensive...

I don’t want them to take my money, either. That’s just like taking it and burning 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...