Everyone thought it was my knee. I’ve been getting phone calls. Even my wife thought it was my knee. I didn’t even grab my knee.

He was starting to turn red with the tape over his mouth. I was starting to get a little worried about him.

I got a rhythm going.

You (the media) might have made him (O’Neal) mad. I think you all lit a fire under him. He’s been playing well the last couple of games. We have to find him more. We came...

I was just doing what we always do and followed it up.

We needed it to start the game to know for one, we’ve got it in us. And for two, it was something we needed to do. We worked very hard yesterday on getting the focus...

It’s a very big step for me.

We’ve got it now, you know? We’ve got what we need to do to win.

I am really excited to have signed my first NBA contract today. It’s nice to now concentrate more about playing than the business side of things.

He’s back. He’s healthy. He’s in better condition. He’s hungry and wants the ball. He wants his team to be better.

We fought back and it seemed like every time we got it close they made a play.

We weren’t as focused as we should have been, especially defensively because we know this is a great offensive team.

I can honestly say if I had gotten (the gold) the first time, it probably would have been a different scenario this time around.

I missed some shots that I normally make, and they really pressured me. It was tough, but when we play them again in April, we’ll have some counters for what they were doing tonight.

He took advantage of defensive mistakes, lapses in transition and got some easy buckets. Got to the foul line 23, 24 times, so he was very aggressive. He had a great game. … I take...

It’s all a win-now philosophy. We’ve got some old guys on this team. Gary (Payton) ain’t got five, six more years left. Shaq ain’t got five, six more years left. That is the reason the...

It’s feeling a little better. I got out there with the guys and moved around a little bit. I plan on playing even though it’s a little sore.

I was more aware and aggressive in the second half. I didn’t want to lose and wanted to do whatever I could to help the team win.

This was a good one for me as far as my consistency goes because that’s a good team that doesn’t beat itself. It was just a matter of pulling the trigger and making my shots.

It’s no secret that the Bulls have no one to guard him down low, so he can dominate the game that way. Also, he’s in great shape. He’s really in playoff mode and we want...

I think you can just check my phone bill, man, … Stan was on my phone all summer.

Another win Wednesday will make us feel great about the way we’re playing.

We gave ourselves a chance tonight. We were on our home floor, but they made the plays.

That’s a big reason the trade was made so we’d have a lot of guns.

I want the ball in my hands. I want to make plays for the guys. I got in that matrix [in the third quarter]. I felt like I couldn’t miss.

Y’all might have made him mad. I think y’all lit a fire under him, so that’s good.

You all (the media) might have made him mad. I think you all lit a fire under him. He’s been playing well the last couple of games. He continued to do it today.

Last year my heart was racing up until the point I got picked. This year I was more confident that after a good year people would recognize me as an All-Star. But getting the nod...

That is what I am battling right now so I am trying to do everything I can to be ready to go for our next game, so I am battling right now.

I want more, … If you go out and search for those things, you got to be willing to take what comes with it. I’m going to be more busy this year than I have...

No matter what, if it was going right or wrong, or guys were tired, we still got the job done. It’s a beautiful thing to see guys come into their roles.

I approached the game differently by coming out and focusing on getting my teammates the ball. That is something I want to continue to do. I want to open things up and get my teammates...

I got a rhythm going. The guys just did a good job of putting the ball in my hands.

It’s a totally different situation. I have other guys on my team.

No question at all. They’re exactly the same.

That’s once in a lifetime right there. There are not many times when Shaq has been on the bench in the fourth quarter.

There’s no question you have to try to keep the ball in front of you as much as possible without getting fouls. The perimeter (defenders) have got to do a little better job on that...

It’s great to win against probably the hottest team in the NBA. The game was very competitive and no one was going to back down from anyone.

It’s kind of scary where he’s at right now, at 21 years old and the way he dominates games. If I didn’t know him, I would be surprised (by his development). He’s one of the...

In this league, you know, you lose games, you come in and you get better. We’ve got 42 games left.

Just get it back to Miami. Out in Chicago I never play good. I have a long career ahead of me, so one day I will get one good game in.

He’s got his legs back and he’s finishing his plays. He’s more active getting deep and we’re looking for him and finding him.

They really wanted it tonight and it showed. I don’t think our team was as focused as we should have been, especially on the defensive end of the floor.

Last year, he just lost weight. And I think at the end of the year that kind of took a toll on him because he didn’t have that strength that he used to, to fall...

That was the first time I’ve heard that, so it was good.

He’s got, like, two suits, … and they’re terrible. I just keep it real with him.

I didn’t have my athletic ability tonight.

We played into their hands by helping so much and letting shooters like Jones and Bell and guys like that hit some awfully big shots.

The first half I was looking for my teammates more than my shot, and in the third quarter I just decided to be more aggressive offensively.

This was an exciting game from beginning to end. Both teams were getting out running and scoring at will.