I make big shots everywhere. I get accustomed to it. I'm not afraid to be the goat. I don't worry about what you (reporters) say about me in the papers. In fact, I like it. It tickles me.

Some guys run their house. Some guys run around their house. I'm a guy who runs my house!

Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him get that contract. He said I didn't show? They traded me, they traded Ray, they traded Big Dog [Robinson] and Tim Thomas still wasn't the man on that team. Michael Redd became the man there. I think I'm doing quite well for myself here. Right now, he needs to focus on his game. Right now, he's not a good basketball player. And I like Tim Thomas. He just has too many damn excuses.

Ah, no. We've played in some really loud gyms before. This is like a wine-and-cheese crowd.

I couldn't believe I was that wide open.

I come in here as the leader and just giving us that confidence that we can win on a nightly basis.

He's very solid and underrated. He doesn't mind that as long as he gets respect from his peers.

He told me it wasn't so much about the organization and the history here. It was about the direction of the team. This is an up-coming team. He told me I'd have the most satisfying year of my career here.

How are you not going to get up to play in the Garden. I try to win and I took what the defense gave me. It's a team effort that's why we won the game tonight.

I just told him, the first day I got here, I'll make his job look easy. The stuff he does, I'll make it come easy to him.