Mvp Quotes

It`s amazing, ... I don`t think about the last four years. All I`m thinking about is today. Going into spring training, you don`t try to win the MVP. All you`re going to do is help out your team to win. If you can do that, this is the reward that you get after the season.

He`s far and away, I think, the MVP of this league.

(Riggins, you can tell, is rooting for Williams. After all, the Redskins wanted to trade Riggins when he got back -- and he ended up as a Super Bowl MVP and went to the Hall of Fame. Maybe Williams will reclaim his spot and lead the Dolphins to something glorious.) I don`t know what it is that T.O. believes in, ... but I take my hat off to Ricky Williams. I want to believe Ricky. I really do.

In this league, it`s about growing up. That`s one of the areas I`ve got to grow up in. . . . Everyone knows I can score. Everyone knows I can do all these great things, but if you want to be an MVP in this league, you`ve got to do everything. I`ve just got to become a better defensive player.

David Lee played phenomenal tonight. He`s definitely the MVP of the game. Whenever you got a guy slashing and dunking, it makes it a lot easier for me penetrating.

The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

(The Liverpool, N.Y., native has had his ups and downs, seeking a chance to stick in the AHL. He was the MVP of the 1998 Memorial Cup as his Guelph team lost in overtime in the championship game. He has one appearance already, a 32-minute relief stint opening night. He allowed two goals on 12 shots in the Sound Tigers` 8-1 debacle. In the preseason, he stopped 22 of 26 shots in two halves of games.) (Playing opening night helps) a little bit. Exhibition is not bad, but the regular season is a quicker game, ... It`s good to get out there and get a feel for the game a little bit.

I mean, he`s a little bit bigger, obviously, than Santana, so he`s a little bit more physical. He had real good chemistry with the quarterback the year that he was our MVP, and I just think that that`s something that him and the quarterback have always had. They have just had that feel.

He could be the MVP of this league. He`s definitely the MVP on this team, that`s for sure. I`m not going to say we wouldn`t be where we are without him because we have some talent, but without him we`re not nearly as good. That`s a fact.