I don't think about the record, because winning games has to be our focus, and if we lost focus thinking about that record, I would really regret it. How will I feel later on? People tell me it will mean a lot after I retire, for the kids and me. But to me, it's just a stat. It's something people enjoy talking about. Me? I just enjoy playing.

The key word is 'control.' I have to get to the point where I can do it like Magic does. That means penetrating, scoring more, taking over on offense once in a while, increasing my range on the outside shot to open things up for the drive.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

I don't care if people even discuss what I did. But if anyone is ever sitting around the kitchen table talking about my career, I hope they say they enjoyed watching me play. That's good enough.

I haven't played quarterback since eighth or ninth grade. I didn't see it get much attention when I completed a pass then.

I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.

I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.

For me, the timing has been good, but I also feel very lucky to be playing in Utah. We have a good team with tremendous players who like to win.

When you're younger, you might make some shots you're not normally capable of, because you're more fluid, maybe stronger, maybe faster. As you get older, you learn not to take those crazy shots.

You thrive off everybody on your team. If one guy's playing well, that makes your job easier. If a guy's shooting well, it makes your job easier. If a guy's rebounding well, it makes your job easier.

You can't afford to hop around and act like a kid when you have to get back on defense and worry about the other parts of the game. But at the end, when the buzzer sounds, you have the luxury of hopping around and looking foolish for a while.

I'm a bartender's son. Some things you never forget.

I was always the kid dribbling the ball on the sidelines, hoping someone would pick me. I'd go with my older brother to the gym or park, and when I went out there, I'd pass the ball so I could get picked again.

I just play. I'm not one to think about it. If I get one assist and we win, that's great. Otherwise, I could care less.

Once I came to Salt Lake City, I didn't want to go anywhere else. It was home sweet home for me.

I think there are a lot of ways to play the PG position. Scoring first is a way that works for them and their teams. I personally like to watch PGs that like to work for others.

I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.

Just because everybody else does something isn't a good enough reason to do anything.

I've played games where I thought I played one of my better games, and statistically, there's nothing there, and vice versa. I've never based how I feel about my performance on stats.

I enjoy coaching.

You have a different personality in front of the world than you do in front of your pals at home. I like to keep them separate.

I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'

I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer.

I have a great respect for people that write. I don't know how they do it every day... or do novels that they have to use their minds instead of just their memories. It's tough duty.

It's not win or die at my house. We're all competitive, but it's not the type to get stressed out by it.

I want my kids to have a life like I did growing up. The greatest gift I was given in life was from my parents. Though I can't match them, I'd like to be that kind of parent.

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

Struggles are what made everything worth while.

All I know is the same lessons you need to learn at Little League basketball, you need to learn at the upper levels. It's the little things you learn when you're little that apply in college.

I don't go home to parades.

If you start chasing around trying to get steals for your own benefit, then you really put your defense at a disadvantage. It's not a big thing for me; if it happens, great.

I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.

Mostly, I go in the weight room and visit.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

My brother thundered me in everything most of my life. He was a great carrot out in front of me. All I wanted to do, ever, was beat him at anything.

I was thinking back when Karl Malone and I, when one of us would be in the weight room early in the morning, and the other one wasn't there, the first comment to the other person would be, 'It's mighty lonely up here.'

If you think you're doing everything right, then you have a tendency to stand pat.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

I think I've preserved most of my private life, and I think that's still important for me, and that's still important for my family.

The games can go any way. As we know in this league, you can win by 30 or lose by 30 the next night. That is just the way the league is.

The main thing I worry about with the shoes I wear is comfort. What you're comfortable wearing is what you're going to play your best in.

Depending on the point in the game and what's necessary, if you can deliver the play, whatever that is - heck, if it's a screen - and you get a guy open, and he scores a big basket for you, that gives me as much of a charge as anything.

I heal quickly, and I stay in good shape, and I will stay in good shape.

You don't get this opportunity many times in life to compete against the best in the world every night. I certainly didn't expect to have 10 or 11 years of chances at it, so I don't want to take that for granted.

I think records are irrelevant, but I'm being approached about it all the time. If I could avoid it, that would be great.

I don't judge my performance on how many assists I have or how many points I have.

You can find advantages to being small.

I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.

I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.