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" Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league. "

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" I've never been a guy who has said 'OK' about stuff. That's not me. That's not my personality. If I think something's wrong, I express that. "

" I think complacency is what you allow it to be. "

" What's my status? I'm just a guy from Saginaw, Michigan, trying to make it. But you know, pretty nice crib. "

" I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything. "

" No matter what, no matter how I feel, always bring effort. "

" When you play against people that's better than you, you get better. "

" There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted. "

" It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive. "

" I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game. "

" Become a good all-around human being. "

" I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles. "

" A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he? "

" Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream. "

" I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime. "

" I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me. "

" Bogut - I wouldn't be the defender I am without Bogut. He taught me a ton. Angles. How to guard the post. You name it, he taught me a ton. "

" I think when you look around this league, so much is scripted. And not scripted in a sense that the league is scripted, but when guys talk, it's like, 'Say this. Yeah, come out and say that.' Like, nah, I'm not doing that. I'm going to say what's on my mind. I'm going to say what's on my heart. It's just genuine speaking. "

" You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed. "

" I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up. "

" When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going. "

" People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be. "

" A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that. "

" Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability. "

" If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results. "

" At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man. "

" I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it. "

" A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me. "

" Be remembered for the right things. "

" Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them. "