The organization needed a bulldozer. I feel like I had the personality and thick enough skin to do that.

I've been playing (hockey) since I was 2 and I dreamed of playing in the NHL since I was 7. I committed my whole life to it until 2000. It's the way that I'm wired. I feel like I belong in a rink.

[Tracy McGrady said publicly what we all knew: He didn't always try his hardest last season when he played for the Magic. McGrady told Sports Illustrated that he was so defeated mentally by the losing that] some nights I did slack off. ... Really?

A domestic player who's playing in Europe.

I think we have a very difficult decision on our hands, ... This kid [Howard] is Grade A.

It's not in the best interest of the organization of having a GM that, in his heart, would trade three NBA championships for one Stanley Cup.

I feel like I belong in a rink.