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" 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. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 heart is bigger than most guys who have size over me. "

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

" I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game. "

" 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. "

" If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results. "

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

" If you're not getting better, you're getting worse. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?' "

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

" I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective. "

" I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime. "

" 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. "

" I had a great time at Michigan State, but no four years will compare to Saginaw High. "

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

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

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