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" I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever! "

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" But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner. "

" If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie. "

" Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about. "

" Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. "

" I like criticism. It makes you strong. "

" I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know? "

" Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school. "

" My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. "

" I'm just a little kid from Akron. "

" Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't. "

" When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun. "

" You have to be able to accept failure to get better. "

" But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man. "

" I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level. "

" To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players. "

" When I was 5, some financial things happened, and I moved seven times in a year. We moved from apartment to apartment, sometimes living with friends. My mom would always say, 'Don't get comfortable, because we may not be here long.' "

" I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. "

" I'm confident with my ability. "

" When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable. "

" For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. "

" You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress. "

" Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself. "

" The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. "

" As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals. "

" I do have motivation. A lot of motivation. "

" Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason. "

" My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me. "