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Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Of course you want people to notice you're back, and you're playing well just to be respected. Because I was an All-Star, a first-team All-NBA guy. But I don't need the media putting a spotlight on me.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm so appreciative of Orlando. I am Orlando. Orlando made me. So when people link my name, they link my name to Orlando and nowhere else. I'll always be indebted to Orlando for that and grateful at the same time.

Hard
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Nov 07, 2020

It's just hard to watch isolation basketball.

Family
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Nov 07, 2020

Jerry Sloan was a guy that I always respected, but I thought he was mean. Like, he was a guy that was just no nonsense. When coach and I got closer during the Olympics, I said, 'Coach, I always just thought you were this mean guy, but it was really nice to get to know you and your family.'

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

I want to contribute in any fashion to a great team.

Heat
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm so thankful and blessed for the Heat organization.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I wasn't able to explode, jump, run - not even walk without pain being in the back of my leg. Every time I bent my leg, even in a walking motion, I was wondering what was wrong with me. But I stuck with it.

Help
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Nov 07, 2020

That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.

Family
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Nov 07, 2020

It's fun coming back home, playing against the Grizzlies and to have the opportunity to come back and see my family.

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

I wore No. 25 in college, so naturally when I arrived in Orlando, I wanted that number, but Nick Anderson had it. I decided to go with No. 1 because of my name, Penny.

Nov 07, 2020

When you accomplish certain levels of success in a number, you want that number to always be a part of you. In a way, you're bringing that success with you when you're wearing it.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

My microfracture was handled like a routine arthroscopic surgery. They thought it was a 6-to-8 week deal. Now we know, from Amare Stoudemire to Kenyon Martin, that it's a longer deal.

Orlando
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Nov 07, 2020

Orlando is my history.

Bad
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Nov 07, 2020

It's a huge honor to be put in the Hall of Fame... it's even better because I played there for six years, and I left on bad terms. To be able to come back and be recognized - in hindsight, I wish I would have stayed, because everyone understands my career was large in Orlando.

Mark
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Nov 07, 2020

I want to leave a mark on society.

Dreams
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Nov 07, 2020

Basketball gave me an avenue to live my dream, and I just want to help other kids live their dreams through me.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

My brain never stops thinking about basketball, and even when I'm asleep, I'm thinking about basketball. I love it; I love the Xs and Os and the preparation of it.

I Can
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Nov 07, 2020

I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.

Finish
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Nov 07, 2020

I want to finish my career on a high note.

Nov 07, 2020

I was as popular as you can be - All-NBA, Olympian. You couldn't get any higher than where I was.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

People think I'm soft and bailed out on basketball. But it was five knee surgeries.

Confident
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Nov 07, 2020

A lot of the kids gave a lot of positive feedback about if I ever became a coach, they would love to play in our program. And I was very confident that we would be able to get the top-tier players to come in.

Play
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Nov 07, 2020

I want the opportunity to play pain-free.

Nov 07, 2020

I just want to win.

Just
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Nov 07, 2020

Personally, I just want to stay healthy.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

With Shaq, you have to let him know that he's the man. You have to do that with him.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Injuries made people lose confidence in me, but I never lost confidence in myself.

People
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Nov 07, 2020

I can scream and yell that I can still play, but unless I prove it, people will say, 'Yeah, Penny, whatever.'

Learned
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Nov 07, 2020

If I've learned anything, it's that you can't take anything for granted.

Information
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Nov 07, 2020

I can pass on a lot of information. I'm just never going to be the 21-year-old Penny Hardaway again.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I actually put team before me and played when I was hurt, but people still would dog me.

Hardest Thing
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Nov 07, 2020

There's the hardest thing - when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.

Know
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't know who Rick Barnes thinks I am, but I'm not a dude that likes to just mess around about anything.

Just
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Nov 07, 2020

I just call it like I see it.

Game
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Nov 07, 2020

I keep myself in shape. I love the game of basketball, and I really feel like it doesn't matter about your age.

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

For sure, I definitely feel like there's a target on my back.

Experience
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm getting used to this as a coach because it's a little jealousy from a lot of these coaches around the country. I do understand that, because we are NBA players trying to come back, and we didn't have any experience as college coaches. So we didn't, quote, unquote, 'Pay our dues.'

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

I feel like I've paid attention to all the great coaches who have coached me.

First
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't do it the traditional way of being an assistant first and then becoming a head coach.

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