“I come from where you're expected to dominate and you are the target—every- body's shooting atyou．Well，here，no one's expecting anything，so I'm kind of coming from the underdog aspect of things，which is kind of different，but yet it's fresh，it'snew． We're not expected to win 50games．From whatIhear from mostofyou guys，we're not expected to win 30games．And that's a challenge．I'm not coming in with these preconceived ideas that we're going to be 50—32．I'llbe totally surprised ifwe're 50— 32，but I think we can be far better than 19—63．”
“Iam going to have to be patientand let things fall into place and not expect myself to come out and score 40or 50points the first night．I'm just going to try to work my way back into the intensity of the game．”
“If that was my concern，I wouldn't dothis．I'm not afraid to take on a challenge． I'm not afraid to take a step．If I fall，I fall， pick myself up and move on．”
“I'm all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve some- thing．If at the end of the day Ido it，GREat． If Idon't，Ican live with myself．”
“Everybody was so negative about what Iwas trying to do．If Iread every newspaper about negative things thatIwas trying to do， Iswear Iwouldn'tlive in America．America's supposed to be the free will to do whatever you choose，do whatever you want to do． That's all I'm doing．I'm not committing a crime here．I'm just trying to play a game of basketball．What if I'm tired of playing YM- CAs or the Boys and Girls Clubs？I want to step into the elite competition．IfIcan do it， GREat．If I can't，that's great，too．But you can't take my six championships away．”
