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If you missed Mike D'Antoni's press conference, I got you covered. Here are his top 10 one-liners from today ...

1. On why he’s not intimidated by the championship expectations: “Maybe I’m not smart enough to know any different.” 2. On his health after undergoing knee replacement surgery: “I was just talking to Steve (Nash). It’s weird. When he feels better, I’ll start to feel better.” 3. On how fast LAL will pick up his offense: “With Steve Nash, when we got him in Phoenix, it took about an hour and a half.” 4. On what Dwight will do to improve his poor reputation as a defensive coach: “Maybe put the ‘D’ back in my name. That would be nice. Some people have been taking that out.” 5. On Jodie Meeks’ role increasing: “I told him today: the only time he needs to shoot is when he touches the ball. Other than that, don’t shoot. That’s what he does!” 6. On joining the LAL franchise after being with the enemy PHX for so many years: “Like anything else, I hated you guys forever and you all hated me … As soon as Mitch gave me the word, (shoot), I love you guys. It’s unbelievable. And I can’t be bought … yeah, right.” 7. On how fortunate he is to be working in basketball for a living: “I’m 61-years old, putting tennis shoes on and going to work. Are you kidding me? What’s there not to like?” 8. On monitoring Nash & Kobe’s minutes: “It’s going to be the same thing I did. I’m going to say I’m going to take care of him, cut his minutes down – him and Kobe – and every time I want to win, they’re going to play a lot. That’s just the way it is.” 9. On his and Bryant’s shared roots in Italy: “It’d be great. He can come over and cuss me out in Italian and you guys might not even know it.” 10. On what he was doing before the Lakers job opened up: “I’m on my back, listening to Motown, because that’s all I had (with the power being out from Hurricane Sandy) on my iPad all day. It was like, ‘This is great. My future looks bright.’” Four bonus ... 11. On his state of mind at the press conference: “This stuff doesn’t count because I’m under medication right now. So, whatever I say …” 12. On how SAS was the better team when he was coaching PHX, but he doesn’t want to admit it: “The reality is, they beat us. That’s what I live with, but I can justify it. I can be a con man like anybody else thinking, ‘Oh yeah, we were better, it was just bad luck.” 13. On NYK roster turnover during his time there: “I coached 70 guys, so I’ve coached half the league in the last couple years almost it seems like.” 14. On his relationship with Nash after he left PHX: “Tampering every day.”