We still have a lot of games left, but we’re happy about that.

We hope there is an easier way of course, but when you’re winning games like this and come back, it always builds character and it always gives you confidence knowing you can come back. At...

You probably make about two out of every 10 or 12. That’s why it’s so satisfying when you make one.

It has never been Shaq and Kobe. The only thing would happen is Kobe would come driving, Shaq would foul him, the only time they would cross paths. So, it’s going to be a interesting.

I was more aggressive going to the basket to finish than I was the last game. And tonight they called them. The other night they didn’t.

Everybody was calling. I think everybody called every player in the league. That’s history right there.

He’ll sneak a chicken nugget from me once in a while.

You have a quick first step, guys can’t put their hands on you. I know we like it. But on the opposite end, the same thing. When you are guarding a great player, you can’t...

I will be soon. Hopefully I will be there in 2008 at the Olympics. Hopefully when I get out there one day soon I will get a warm ovation.

It takes time to get familiar with guys,

After the Boston game is when he turned into that Shaq mode.

The key is being healthy and not worrying about the individual stuff. I had some good shots but I just missed them. The playoffs will be a whole different story. We’ll be ready.

We came out of the locker room knowing we had let this team back in the game. We knew we had to get back our focus.

Once you wear something you’re comfortable with and you play well, you’re going to do it again. I needed a different look personally. Then once I wore it, I liked it. Now I’ve got Shaq...

The main thing is to close games out when we have them. You don’t want to give a team like the Bulls that are going to continue to fight confidence, especially at home at the...

It was nice. He was turning red when he put it over his mouth so I was worried about him a little bit.

I really couldn’t even see it and I hit the ground hard, always hit the ground hard.

We call him Antoine McAdoo.

I think us sitting out together, watching the Phoenix game, we really both couldn’t wait to get back in and help our team. I think it showed that we missed being out there and we...

They’ve got the curse on us that we’ve got on Washington right now.

Coach did put a challenge out there for me to be more active on defense, to be more aware. I know I’m a good defender. At times, I just take a rest. So he put...

A little shot in the butt. It started kicking in after a couple minutes out there and I felt good after that.

In my mind, the game slowed down because I couldn’t be as fast as I wanted to be. That’s the way I need to play, under control and seeing everything.

This win is important for our confidence. Any game where we’re down, we can always look back to this game and know that we did it against a good team and can pull it out.

Second chances hurt us. They got a couple of second chance rebounds on us and that was the difference in us making the plays at the end.

Defensively, it’s a real difference.

His will is unbelievable. You can’t play better defense than Gary (Payton) had on him. He can just raise up and jump over you and shoot. You have to tip your hat to a guy...

Third preseason game, and coach looked like he coached the end of the season. Guys are putting their heads down already.

We go as far as the big guy takes us.

This builds character for a team, … I’m just happy it happened earlier in the season. Hopefully, this will make us better.

You know, the guy is averaging 28 points a game. You have to wonder what some of them were looking at when they cast their vote. I’m sure that it gets political, but the good...

It helps us with our one-on-one game, especially guys that have quick first steps.

I’ll always be a Golden Eagle,

It was good to see him back in the form of being Shaquille.

It’s a little sore, as expected. Playing a lot of minutes. I had the ball in my hand a lot, jumping on it a lot. But it’s getting better daily.

He’s shooting shots he knows he can shoot on post-ups on Shaq and drives from me. He’s just in the rhythm. He’s also going to the bucket and finishing strong. Hopefully, he and Antoine (Walker)...

Every time we got it close, they just seemed to make the play. That is what good teams are supposed to do at home.

When another team is at home and they’ve got that rhythm going at the end you never know what can happen.

It’s all about being aggressive. I saw a lot of gaps tonight.

That’s something I’m going to play over and over again in my head and say I should have gone with the left. I got to the basket. I really wanted to go for the three;...

We ran plays to get him the ball, but also, us as a team have been waiting 18 games to get him the ball. So you don’t have to worry about us not looking for...

The triple-double is nice and all. But I wish I could have done more to help my team win.

We have to come back tomorrow. We’re a team that never quits, we always fight.

I’ve only scratched the surface of where I want to be in my career, … And I know one thing, I haven’t won anything yet so there’s a lot more I can do there. But...

I mean, you can’t really celebrate after you hit the free throw. But if you miss the free throw, yeah, it takes the whole and-one thing out the window. Then it’s just a basket.

The first two minutes was pretty rough on me.

I know Alonzo was saying that on the bench over and over and over.

I don’t know if it was a wakeup call. Anytime you lose a game, you always look and see what you did wrong. I think in the last couple of games we’ve been getting ourselves...

But it won’t be crazy like the regular season. I’ll make sure everything is under control.

There are a lot of good teams coming into our house, but it is our home and we need to defend our home.