Humility.

I just read a quote from Paul Pierce responding to whether he thought Kobe Bryant ("ocho-times-tres") is the best player in the game:

"I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player. There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line but I have a lot of confidence in myself."

Um, I don't even know what to say.

"And my knees are probably the strongest of anyone's, because look how fast I recovered from my really really bad knee injury last year in the finals. I don't know if you saw, but I even had to ride in a wheelchair it was so bad. Oh and we're really into team play in Boston because that's what wins championships... but I came up with that idea. Really it's to try to distract the other players into thinking I'm not going to score all the points, because I usually do. I can also type 300 words a minute and know how to play clarinet. And I just really feel bad for people who cross that line into being conceited, because I really just don't know what that would feel like."

I officially can't stand that guy now. I'm also officially looking forward to the first Lakers-Celtics matchup of the 08/09 season, which happens to fall on Christmas day. Hopefully Rylan won't learn any new words this year.