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" Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason. "

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" You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress. "

" When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun. "

" I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level. "

" There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself. "

" I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates. "

" I don't read books much. "

" To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players. "

" Akron, Ohio, is my home. It will always be remembered. Akron, Ohio, is my life. "

" But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. "

" I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason. "

" Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it. "

" I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever! "

" It's always a struggle growing up in Akron. "

" Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate - my ultimate goal is winning championships and - and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. "

" Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it. "

" You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble. "

" I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball. "

" I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win. "

" For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home. "

" And winning is a huge thing for me. "

" My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?' "

" My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to. "

" There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly who they are and what they mean. "

" I'm not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can't afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game. "

" But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man. "

" I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. "

" Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself. "

" Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast. "

" I'm just a little kid from Akron. "

" You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that. "