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

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting. "

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

" I know what I'm capable of, and I try to go out and prove that. "

" I see the game differently than some guys. I'm always reading the next move. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league. "

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

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

" At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that's always my focus. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed. "

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

" I'm not going to worry about proving people wrong. My goal isn't to prove people wrong. You can't worry about what other people say. "