Carmelo Anthony Quotes

"I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong."

"I just want to get on the court."

"I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done."

"We've been fighting with injuries all year. So we've got to do what we did tonight, go with who's going to go out there and play."

"I don?t regret coming to college. I had a fun year. I had a great year on the court, and off the court at school."

"The past two days, George (coach George Karl ) has been stressing that if the playoffs were today, this is who we'd play. We wanted to make a statement right away and tell them this is what they'll see if they play us."

"Triple-team. If I was a coach, I'd do the same thing."

"We always have that confidence."

"We're supposed to win (this game)."

"I want to win the game. I don't worry about taking over the game unless I have to."

"It's a great honor. It's a team thing. The team should have gotten Player of the Month."

"I think last night they saw how hard it was for me out there making everything and doing everything and them not coming through. But (Saturday) I think we spread the wealth."

"I took that as motivation. Anything that happens, I'll take it as motivation."

"I got some treatment (Saturday). I got some rest. I got a lot of treatment. I got some ice and massages on my side. They said it was going to hurt. . . . It keeps getting banged up. I just got to fight through it."

"I can't even remember. To me, it's just going to be like practice. . . . I don't even look at it as trying out."

"I can't worry that we didn't get him. It was rumors all along."

"This season I came in with a clean slate. I didn't have any off-court issues to worry about. I was able to get focused on basketball. Everybody in my circle, I told them I was on a mission this year."