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" I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don't make shots, it's not an assist. "

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" I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me. "

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

" My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me. "

" I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me. "

" I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it. "

" The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship. "

" 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. "

" The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows. "

" Become a good all-around human being. "

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

" Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down. "

" In the NBA, there's always a guy who is only around because he can jump. He doesn't have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake. "

" One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done. "

" You don't contest shots without expending energy. You don't get deflections - unless you walk into one every now and then - without expending energy. These are the things in basketball you have to really want to do. "

" 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. "

" I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at. "

" 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. "

" When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period. "

" Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is transcending the NBA. I also think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is terrible. "

" You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don't see all the work that goes into that. It's a grind. And a lot of people don't see that grind. "

" After a game, I really just relax with the family. "

" Be remembered for the right things. "

" When I do things, I'm all-in. "

" My uncle, my dad always made sure I had guard skills. But as far as defending everybody, that wasn't really my mindset until my rookie year. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs. "