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" I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it. "

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" 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. "

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

" I've been pretty broke my entire life. I'm not going to live that same life, but I'm going to keep those same principles. "

" I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive. "

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

" All 'potential' means to me is that you haven't proved anything. "

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

" You've just got to earn my respect. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Bogut - I wouldn't be the defender I am without Bogut. He taught me a ton. Angles. How to guard the post. You name it, he taught me a ton. "

" My fire is my gift and my curse. I harness it 95% of the time, but the 5% I don't, it works against me. "

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

" Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them. "

" It just doesn't go with my story to be a first round pick, because I had to grind my whole life. "

" Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts. "

" I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything. "

" The fans at Quicken Loans Arena are pretty hostile. They say nasty things. "

" If you've got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm human, and I make mistakes. "