Antonio McDyess Quotations

He's more relaxed when you don't have someone breathing down your neck when you go out there. That's been the difference with Chauncey this year. He's just been going out there and playing. Flip is giving him the freedom to go out there and do what he wants, and he's been doing it.

We didn't take them lightly at all. A team like that has nothing to lose, so we decided to come out and play hard in the beginning.

When you are a young team, it is hard to compete with a team that has won one championship and almost won another. It's a mental thing. It gets into your head, because you know what those guys have done.

I don't (fill a bracket out) because I'm gonna lose. I can't go on the numbers, because there's always upsets. I don't want to predict because I don't watch basketball. Or I don't watch enough of it.

I think there's a lot on this game. With how we lost in the Finals last year, we're definitely going to be fired up wanting to get a win. We also want to prove to everybody that we belong.

I can be one of the dominant players, maybe the dominant player, in the East.

I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.

I can't be someone I'm not. I try to be a warrior on the court, but where I come from, being macho doesn't get you anywhere.

I just go and play hard. That's who I am.

They definitely believe in getting up and down the court.