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" 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. "

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" I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it. "

" 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. "

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

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

" You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way. "

" When I do things, I'm all-in. "

" I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me. "

" I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal. "

" 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. "

" There are certain guys in the league that get their rhythm off their dribble. "

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

" My mom. Growing up with her, she always taught us to say whatever. Like, 'You think something, say it. Don't bite your tongue for people.' I think there's a fine line with that, but at the same time, I'm a firm believer in speaking your mind. "

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

" The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows. "

" 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?' "

" 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 can see things before they happen on the court. "

" One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done. "

" 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. "

" I'm blessed, and... all the time, I sit and think, 'Wow.' "

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

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

" The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship. "

" 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. "

" Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs. "

" I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don't make shots, it's not an assist. "

" 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'm human, and I make mistakes. "

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