These guys don`t know what it takes. I think Coach Brown is going to help everyone understand how tough it is (to make sacrifices), but they don`t know.
I feel great. I can`t wait for the season to start.
We`re happy to get 2005 behind us. Somebody has to take the blame, but all of us are in this together. It starts with management and coaches, staff and players.
It`s hard to see that because he wasn`t ready to go,
Things happened so bad when I left here, so I don`t know where I stand with the (Magic) organization. I still get booed when I come here by the fans for some reason. It`s a place where I`m going to retire, but with the team I can`t answer that right now. I am going to be a free agent at the end of this year, but I don`t know if they would even be interested.
We had too many guys go out at the same time and we just didn`t have enough to keep it going.
His leadership is definitely going to be missed. It`s just unfortunate that we`re losing him.
I don`t want to go out there and be crazy, just be a veteran that`s played this game 12 years, ... I told myself, `Whenever you`re activated, don`t try to be the savior, because it`s going to take everybody.` It`s not going to be just be me.
You have to be really careful with this type of surgery. You really have to give the procedure a chance to work and for the knee to heal. If you don`t, you`re asking for trouble.
It`s like Ali -- no one wanted to see him get beat up.