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

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" A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" After a game, I really just relax with the family. "

" I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it. "

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

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

" Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone. "

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

" 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. "