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

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" 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 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. "

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

" So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog. "

" 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. "

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

" When you play against people that's better than you, you get better. "

" 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. "

" A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me. "

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

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

" No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that. "

" 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. "

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

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