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" Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting. "

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

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" You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way. "

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" I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus. "

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" I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me. "