"I love my teammates. I love being around them. I love the camaraderie."

"I'm just a kid who loves to play basketball."

"All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problem…"

"I think the only thing I'm missing is an NBA championship. I think that's the only thing that's missing from my resume. And I want to get it."

"I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. But I learn from them."