We’ve been through a lot. We won a lot of games. Up to this point, we fought hard to keep it together. Now, there are so many emotions. This one hit me hard. We wanted it so bad. Five years has gone quickly, but it seems like it has lasted forever. We’ve played in a lot of big games. We won a championship together. The things that we do off the floor together. It’s just been a special time. It’s been a special moment. We’ll remember a lot. Even with Kevin and myself in our past situations, we bring so much wealth of experience into Boston. The young guys we played here with, man, it’s been a privilege. I can definitely say that. It’s always been somewhat intimidating. You walk into a building every day and you see the banners and the retired jerseys in the building. It just always makes you work a little bit harder. When [John] Havlicek is in the building, when [Bob] Cousy is around. Tommy [Heinsohn] is watching us every day. Bill Russell is at the games. Those are like our big brothers. We knew that we had some big shoes to fill and a lot that we needed to do to try to compare to what they’ve done. We have definitely fallen short, but we’ve gone out trying to play as hard as we can every night.
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