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" I put my heart into this. Like, winning to me is, I make it life or death. "

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

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

" I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I'm not as athletic as some guys, so I have to counter that with a tremendous brain that thinks the game. "

" Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot. "

" 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. "

" Are you going to back down to somebody? If not, you're giving yourself a chance. "

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

" I wouldn't necessarily say I'm arrogant. I'm just confident. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm trying to make the Hall of Fame. "

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

" That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone. "

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

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

" Michigan State means so much to my life and me. "

" I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table. "

" I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep. "

" I watch basketball all day every day. So when I'm watching the games, I watch it - I just enjoy watching basketball - but when I'm watching other people play, I'm really just watching as a student trying to figure different things out. "

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" Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don't know if it's the weather or the hard times. It's like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough. "