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" There's gonna be stretches where I don't play as well. People are gonna be talking bad about me and not always on my side and cheering me on. "

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" I'm glad people get excited watching me play. Hopefully I show them something new each time I step on the court. "

" I'm just trying to be the best version of Trey Young. "

" One of my dreams was being called a 'Diaper Dandy' by Dick Vitale. He calls me that all the time now. It's surreal. "

" I love when people try to be physical with me. They think that's the way to try to guard me and to get physical with me. I use that to my advantage. "

" I think people get caught up a little bit in the fact of finding things that people can't do instead of looking at the things that the player can do. "

" I think my ability coming into the NBA is going to make it that much easier for me with the space and the different type of players here. I think just by the spacing alone is going to make my game that much easier and that much better for my teammates. "

" I bring a lot to a team. I bring immediate impact. As far as my skillset, I can attack defenders in multiple ways and get my teammates involved. "

" I want to do something different in this league, even as a rookie. "

" Not a lot of people take advantage of that opportunity of being different. A lot of kids that are highly touted coming out of high school, like, doing the traditional thing and going to the blue bloods and all that, but I was always different growing up. "

" I bring immediate impact off the court as much as I do on the court. "

" My hair is different than a lot of people's. I like my hair. I like the fade. I like the little design I have. I'm cool with it. Obviously my hair is thin on top, so it looks like a bald spot, but I really could care less. "

" When you're around somebody all the time, you butt heads every now and then. That's what happens in every family. "

" That's the nature of basketball. You gotta go out there and compete. "

" That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession. "

Doing The Right Thing

" I'm excited about getting the opportunity to show people that I can play defense. "

" I want people to say that I'm something new, something different. Something they've never seen before. "

" The history behind the Garden and all the players that have come through and played on that court in the Garden, I think that the history is the reason why it still is, in my mind, the mecca of basketball. It definitely draws me in. That's the thing about New York; that's a big thing about the history, and the Garden is a big part of that. "

" My confidence level never varies. "

" I'm getting guarded like nobody else in the country is being guarded, scouted on like no one else in the country is. "

" I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists. "

" I've played a lot of basketball during my life - and it's not always been good. "

" I'll never regret a moment I spent at the University of Oklahoma or my decision to stay home and become a Sooner for life. "

" It's a mystery coming out each and every game to try and figure out how a team is going to guard me and how I'm going to dictate how my team wins. "

" I feel my overall skill set, my ability to make players around me better, and my ability to help my team win is unique. "

" If you ask the guys I played with when I was little, they'll all tell you the same thing. All I did was catch and shoot. I didn't do anything else. "

" Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would become a constant topic for national television and radio shows - never mind mentioned by some of the country's most respected journalists. "

" I think I can pretty much do it all for a team. And I'm looking forward to whatever team I go to, making a huge impact. "

Looking Forward

" I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be told, I wasn't even considered a top guard coming out of my recruiting class. "