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" I think people get caught up a little bit in the fact of finding things that people can't do instead of looking at the things that the player can do. "
Trae Young
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People
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" A lot of my family is from Texas, stuff like that, so I was always in Texas, and when you grow up in Texas, around Texas, you want to go to the biggest Texas school, and UT was that. "
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" When you're around somebody all the time, you butt heads every now and then. That's what happens in every family. "
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" I'm actually enjoying attention. Who wouldn't? "
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" I bring a lot to a team. I bring immediate impact. As far as my skillset, I can attack defenders in multiple ways and get my teammates involved. "
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" I've played a lot of basketball during my life - and it's not always been good. "
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" If you ask the guys I played with when I was little, they'll all tell you the same thing. All I did was catch and shoot. I didn't do anything else. "
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" I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be told, I wasn't even considered a top guard coming out of my recruiting class. "
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" I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists. "
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Me
" Rod Strickland has been influential. He gives me a lot of advice, good and bad games; he is someone I really look up to a lot. "
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" Who wouldn't want to be compared to a guy like Steph Curry? "
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Who
" I'm glad people get excited watching me play. Hopefully I show them something new each time I step on the court. "
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Step
" I'll always have a chip on my shoulder until I hang my shoes up. No matter how long I play this game, the chip on my shoulder will always be there. That won't change. "
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Play
Long
" There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on. "
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Talking
Always
Bad
" Not a lot of people take advantage of that opportunity of being different. A lot of kids that are highly touted coming out of high school, like, doing the traditional thing and going to the blue bloods and all that, but I was always different growing up. "
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Doing
Opportunity
School
" One of my dreams was being called a 'Diaper Dandy' by Dick Vitale. He calls me that all the time now. It's surreal. "
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He
Dreams
Time
" I'm excited about getting the opportunity to show people that I can play defense. "
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People
Show
Play
" If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing. "
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Get
New York
New
" I feel my overall skill set, my ability to make players around me better, and my ability to help my team win is unique. "
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Help
Unique
Team
" I'm just trying to be the best version of Trey Young. "
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Version
Just
Best
" My confidence level never varies. "
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Confidence
Level
Never
" That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession. "
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Mindset
Doing The Right Thing
Doing
" I'm just trying to get better each and every game. "
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Every
Get
Better
" People keep asking me if I feel pressure. But I don't feel pressure. I realize there's a lot on my plate, a lot of expectations for me to come in and win and do certain things. But I'm just playing the way I always have. "
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People
Win
Expectations
" I know what I need to work on, and I know what I need to prove and to show, and that's all that matters. "
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Work
Know
Matters
" The history behind the Garden and all the players that have come through and played on that court in the Garden, I think that the history is the reason why it still is, in my mind, the mecca of basketball. It definitely draws me in. That's the thing about New York; that's a big thing about the history, and the Garden is a big part of that. "
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Why
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" To me, I'll always be the skinny, 5-foot-6 eighth-grader on the YMCA court, trying to get grown men to choose me for pickup games. It wasn't always easy. And that's what drives me. "
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" I'll never regret a moment I spent at the University of Oklahoma or my decision to stay home and become a Sooner for life. "
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Home
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" I would love playing with a guy like Porzingis who can score, stretch the floor, who can do a lot, a lot of different things. But I could see myself doing some pretty good things with other teams, too. "
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" My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day. "
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Every Day
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" My favorite player growing up was Steve Nash, so that's been a guy I look up to and a guy I've gotten to talk to a few times, too. "
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Guy
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