Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.

He makes those all the time in practice, just throwing them up. He's a special individual.

It really hurts when you get some questionable calls down the stretch.

Records are always going to be broken; I'm sure someone wanted to see him catch Wilt.

Nothing against Tony, but there's other guys playing great. Tracy (McGrady) has to be there. It's in Houston. And then you got Kobe and Ray Allen. He's just got some stiff competition.

When you burn a bridge sometimes -- it doesn't matter if it's a significant player on a team, especially a significant player like Kobe -- you might say let bygones be bygones, (but) there's always that underlying, 'Oh, you talked about me,' Me personally, I don't think it'll work out. But who knows? Crazier things have happened.