TIM DUNCAN

As I hope it doesn't come to the point where I need to take a day off. I feel pretty good right now and I'm not resting or saving for any other game.

I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to.

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?

When you have to stop and think about things is when they go wrong.

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.

I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.

I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.

I'm not serious most of the time.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.

At this point, if I were to psychoanalyze myself, I'd have to say I am a clown, cleverly disguised as a regular person.

I'm not worried about that, as I hope it doesn't come to the point where I need to take a day off. I feel pretty good right now and I'm not resting or saving for any other game. I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

In all seriousness, it really should be difficult for me to be too strange. After all, a great family raised me.

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

I had great friends, support and teaching at Wake Forest.

I just wanted to win on the road, honestly. I don't remember the road ever being this tough.

I think competitiveness is taken in a different way by different people. I'm not a yeller and a screamer, a jumper and a pusher.

I started not enjoying myself. It wasn't fun at times. And I always said when that point comes when it's not fun anymore, then I'm done.

If I have my kids, I drive something with four doors. If I don't have my kids, I can drive whatever I want.

I believed in what I was. I didn't believe that would translate into any of the five championships. But I knew that I could affect the game.

I don't dunk anymore.

I'm a loyal guy. I'm a man of my word, and I assumed other people would be that way. That's just not the case in life.

I'm not really a flashy guy anywhere else - I don't dress flashy or anything else - but I like to keep my cars nice, and I like to customize them. I can do things a little flashier and a little faster, and with a little bit more thought. This is kind of the release part of basketball.

I didn't have my first car until after the end of my senior year. I got a Yukon Sport.