Carmelo Anthony Team Quotations

I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day. The Lakers had the Showtime era. Boston had six hall of famers on one team. You had Detroit, the New York Knicks, and now the Miami Heat. They were stacking their teams back then, it just fell off over the years and now it picked back up. Boston did it first, then LA. I was fortunate enough to play against them when they had Shaq, Kobe, Rick Fox, Gary Payton, Karl Malone... that's five hall of famers on one team! So you can't get mad at Miami for doing what they did.

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing against. We kind of wanted to make a statement that if we play you in the playoffs, this is what you're going to see.

For two days George has been stressing that if the playoffs started tomorrow this is the team we would play against. We wanted to make a statement.

I saw the double team coming, I tried to beat it and go faster.

Our team needed me out there to get some things done on the offensive end and the defensive end. At halftime, I just told (the team) it's time for me to wake up.

My team needed me out there to get some things done. At halftime I just told them it's time for me to wake up and just go out there and win the game.

I was trying to set a screen for Andre Miller and just get open. I saw the double team coming and I just tried to beat it and go fast to the basket.

We've got to figure it out. Any time we miss a key component to our team like that, out for a lot of games, and he comes back, it's going to be rusty.

I've been seeing everything (on defense). It's just another team and another defender.

It seems like we always pull a trick out of our bag when we play a top team in the NBA. If we could do that against the lower teams, then we would be in pretty good shape.

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

I told him that we needed each other for this team to be good. I need him, he needs me. We got to make it work. If it don't work between us, it's not going to work on the court. Ever since then, it started clicking.

They've had our number for the last year and a half. They're probably the only team that has our number. I don't believe I'm saying this but it's true.

I let the team down. We still had a chance to win the game, so of course I think I let the team down. Not just the team, but the whole organization.

I knew that we were down by 14 points and my team needed me out there. Halftime, I told them that it was time for me to wake up and go out there and win the game.

George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memphis) would be the team we'd be playing against. I think we wanted to make a statement that if we play y'all in the playoffs, this is what y'all are going to see.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

Man, I think the sky is the limit for this team.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.

The new guys bring energy, intensity and emotion. The last couple games, they showed what they can bring to the team.

I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of basketball and I am surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.

I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

The Clippers did a heck of a job packing it in on me, not letting me get to the basket like I wanted to and as I had been doing in the past. They sent every kind of defense a team can send at me these last two games. It got frustrating, especially when you're trying to get back in the game and whatever you do is not working.