[on interviews with the media]It's my opportunity to share what is going on or what I think about something. That way, I can limit people having to assume things, or make things up. I can explain myself, or share my thoughts. It's my opportunity to take the stage, so to speak, to say my part.

[on their team donating part of their play off bonuses to team staffers]We divide our playoff shares to give to the people who we work so closely with because they spend as much time away from their families as we do, and they are just about as invested as we are,'' Lillard said after the season. They also do as much as possible to make our lives easier, even if it makes theirs more difficult all while making far less. So it's a further way of showing appreciation beyond a thank your or a handshake.