Quotes by Penny Hardaway

“These guys dont know what it takes. I think Coach Brown is going to help everyone understand how tough it is (to make sacrifices), but they dont know.”

“Its hard to see that because he wasnt ready to go,”

“His leadership is definitely going to be missed. Its just unfortunate that were losing him.”

“You have to be really careful with this type of surgery. You really have to give the procedure a chance to work and for the knee to heal. If you dont, youre asking for trouble.”

“I feel great. I cant wait for the season to start.”

“I dont want to go out there and be crazy, just be a veteran thats played this game 12 years, ... I told myself, Whenever youre activated, dont try to be the savior, because its going to take everybody. Its not going to be just be me.”

“Things happened so bad when I left here, so I dont know where I stand with the (Magic) organization. I still get booed when I come here by the fans for some reason. Its a place where Im going to retire, but with the team I cant answer that right now. I am going to be a free agent at the end of this year, but I dont know if they would even be interested.”

“Were happy to get 2005 behind us. Somebody has to take the blame, but all of us are in this together. It starts with management and coaches, staff and players.”

“We had too many guys go out at the same time and we just didnt have enough to keep it going.”

“Its like Ali -- no one wanted to see him get beat up.”