I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game.

It's how I've been playing my whole life, guarding the best player on the other team.

Just soaking up the history of the Boston Celtics has been the best thing that's happened to me as a player.

Kids get influenced by other kids.

Those are things that tear teams apart. When you have a feud with your best player and he's not responding, everybody else feels like they're going to have to respond. It starts with your best player that the team is counting on.

It's proven that if you can play team defense and keep your goals against down you'll be in every game and have a chance to win the Cup, ... It may not be the prettiest style of play, but it lends itself to winning so you have to follow it.