Tracy: It's tough for me to run up and down the court and then when we stop and go through -- just standing around, that's not good for me. It just depends on how I feel when I come to the arena tonight.
Tracy: They were telling me I couldn't hit it out. I wasn't saying anything because I know I can. It's all confidence, man. I know what I can do when I get out there, and I don't think I ever lose it.
Tracy: I think he's passed them. He's fulfilled all the expectations and then some.
Tracy: I'm excited about everything. Yao, he's turned himself into a different player. I think he's figured it out. He's not bailing the defense out, even in double teams he's doing a great job.
Tracy: I've been loving the way Yao has been coming around and taking over, doing the things he's been doing since the All-Star break. That is fun for me to watch. I'm lying in my bed every night ... wishing I could be out there with him and helping my teammates out.
Tracy: When we play like we did (against Denver), I feel like we're one of the better teams in the league. Saying that, I think we need to do that on a consistent basis.
Tracy: It shows what type of team we can be.
Tracy: We're not really even thinking about the playoffs. We're just trying to improve and get better by the day. We're a long way from being in the playoffs right now and we can't even think about that right now.
Tracy: We're playing extremely well. Especially when myself and Yao are on the basketball court, it's unbelievable what our record is. Our record (25-31) is pretty bad right now, but that's due to the fact we had a lot of injuries. We're still capable of turning our season into something real special.
Tracy: I've been out of Toronto five, six years and they still do the same. It doesn't bother me at all.
Tracy: They were doing their best to give me the ball at every opportunity down the court, free me up and give me shots. It (MVP) was there if we would have won the game.
Tracy: This is a midseason party. You've got to love this. Especially with the season we've had in the first half. This is exactly what we need. With what I've been through, this is what I needed. To be here with the fans, all these other guys, I'm having fun.
Tracy: Yao has been playing out of his mind lately. Since the guy's been back, he's been extremely aggressive. He's playing with a great deal of confidence.
Tracy: I think it's safe to say we have been playing well in the month of February. With everything that's been going on in our season, this is good for us to take the opportunity to relax and sit back and gather ourselves together and get focused for the remaining 29 games of the season.
Tracy: We didn't know if Yao was going to cop out on us, but he looked pretty smooth.
Tracy: Those guys, they came out in the third quarter and were ready to play ball. That's what the fans come to see.
Tracy: It was just good to get out and have some sort of escape from all of the things I've been going through personally.
Tracy: At times, I don't want to be in the arena in a uniform. It's been so frustrating and hard to deal with. I usually do a great job of keeping things to myself and not really letting things affect me. It's just too heavy for me to deal with, and it's taken a toll on me.
Tracy: We were already in our All-Star break. We were already at the parties. It was a flat-out embarrassment.
Tracy: I'm just waiting to see what Kobe is going to do. This type of game was made for him.
Tracy: I want it to come here. That would be a huge honor. It would be an accomplishment I would definitely want in my career.
Tracy: They came out stroking. Sam is a crafty veteran who knows how to play the game, and Elton Brand is having an MVP-type season. So we expected that out of them. But our job was to slow them down, take them out of the game and execute our offense.
Tracy: I felt good when I stepped on the court. I knew it was going to be a good day. We were unbelievable shooting the ball.
Tracy: We gave ourselves a great chance to win the ballgame. We got great looks. The ball just didn't bounce the way we wanted it to. We just couldn't get over that hump.
Tracy: I've got to get myself going. Everything is on me right now.
Tracy: It was a poor performance and I think we just got too comfortable with ourselves during the winning streak. Right now, I am just in a real bad funk on offense and why, I don't know. It is just very disappointing.
Tracy: I wanted to come out in the third quarter and really impose my will on this game.
Tracy: It's every player's personal goal, to make the All-Star team. It's a personal accomplishment guys want to make to get a chance to participate against the elite players. Every player in this league wants to be there.
Tracy: I picked up my dribble too early. I could have kept going. I didn't realize how wide-open I was. Those guys were hanging off me all night. I didn't have much space to work with.
Tracy: It was a little uncomfortable. Every time I was running up and down the court, sweat is pouring and it got kind of hot in there. I just couldn't take it anymore and took it off..
Tracy: We're definitely getting up with them coming back. The last four games we're playing very well. With our best players coming back, it's only going to help improve our team even more and give us a lot more depth. We're back on track and hopefully we can stay like that.
Tracy: I'm still in awe of what that kid did. It was just a hell of a performance for him to shoot the ball only 46 times to score 81 points. But not just to be able to shoot it 46 times, but to shoot it 46 times and hit well over 50 percent. There are nights I'm in the 30s of shots taken and I've been fatigued. To take 46 and 20 free throws and end up with 81 points, I didn't believe it.
Tracy: Tonight was one of those games where shots were falling for us. We felt confident in our defense that we could get stops on the defensive end. Granted, they scored 111 points, but a lot of those were contested jumpers and long three pointers.
Tracy: It's kind of tough when you've got two guys on you. They did a great job double-teaming me.
Tracy: In the fourth quarter I was just more aggressive. In the first half, I was looking more to get my teammates the ball because those guys were double-teaming me every time I touched the ball. In the second half, I knew I was going to have to step up and be more aggressive.
Tracy: They don't need a player like me because their starting five is a (great) five. They all know their roles and nobody tries to do too much.
Tracy: It was just one of those games where you felt like you had to win it no matter what it took. It was a winnable game. Coach left me out there. I would be damned if I was going to come out even if he wanted. When I step onto the court, I'm out there to compete. We got the win and it was a great team effort.
Tracy: I rarely get any rest in a game, always playing 44 to 48 (minutes). Tonight, with the guys contributing, making shots and playing extremely well, I had a chance to rest, sit down and gather myself a little bit to where I came in in the fourth quarter fresh and was able to close out the game.
Tracy: He can be that type of player, 20 and 10, without a doubt, without a doubt. He's unbelievable.
Tracy: I actually felt like all of them were going in, especially the one when I got fouled. As soon as that shot went up, I was thinking San Antonio, I swear I was.
Tracy: You should have seen me when I put on my uniform. I felt like a kid all over again.
Tracy: I'm not just a basketball player. I've got other talents.
Tracy: I don't have a problem wearing suits, but that's not who I am. You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It's going to be hard for me to change.
Tracy has an official website at www.t-mac.com.
Tracy enjoys listening to Jay-Z's music.
Tracy has three McFarlane action figures based on him.
Tracy was able to make 18 free throws in one game on December 15, 2005 against the Detroit Pistons.
Tracy was able to score 62 points in a game on March 10, 2004 against the Washington Wizards.
Tracy won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2001.
Tracy is a 6-time NBA All-Star, those years being 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Tracy is 6'8" tall.
Tracy has a shoe named T*Mac, which the brand is named after him.
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