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I've never had hard feelings with any of my teammates who decided to leave or felt like it was best to leave.
I bought my parents a house. Then I bought myself a Rolex. My brother forced me to do it, but I'm glad he did.
My biggest problem with everything going on is the lack of understanding and the lack of respect in this world.
If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down by it.
College. I didn't even realize it was carefree at the time, but looking back, that was the most carefree time ever.
I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.
My hair is brown with a tinge of red. The lights in NBA arenas are extremely bright, and that makes my hair look red.
Teams want me to do something stupid. You want to get to the point where nothing affects you, where you control them.
Slow motion goes one of two ways. It either makes it look really, really cool, or it makes it look really, really bad.
It's always a little gross when you're guarding someone and you can see, like, hair coming from underneath his jersey.
The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'
I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I think I am becoming a man.
It was funny to hear that I'd slapped Bieber. I thought it was a joke. Then it blew up. I probably got 50 texts about it.
I like to do a little bit of boldness but mixed in with a classic look. You don't have to do something crazy to stand out.
I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game.
Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.
There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.
I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.
I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.
If you read a label and just look up the ingredients, you'll be able to figure out really easily what's good for you and what's bad.
Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.
It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling.
College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can choose one of many different paths.
You just have to know that there's people watching you, and you've got to be a positive role model and not put yourself in bad situations.
The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.
Me personally, I'm always going to lead by example first. But there are moments where I need to use my voice and go up to a guy and get my message across.
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.
I still think, when you go to the Garden, it's a completely different feeling. The energy - there seems like there's just a consistent buzz the entire game.
Partnering with EA Sports and being on the cover of 'NCAA 10 is' very exciting. And to be on the list of guys who have been on the cover before me is exciting.
In basketball, there's a lot of pushing, grabbing, and shoving going on that nobody else sees. That's why I'm training with MMA fighter Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone.
I get that question almost more than any other. Once people feel a little comfortable, they're always like, 'So, what, uh, uh, what, um, what's your ethnicity?'
The usual practice just isn't enough. I want more edge over my opponents. Cross-training is so important. I can improve myself and have a lower impact on my body.
I've always had a very dry sense of humor, and I've pretty much grown up on Will Ferrell, first on 'Saturday Night Live,' then 'Old School' and 'Wedding Crashers.'
To me, the best comedians are the ones that take everyday, normal, boring stuff that no one thinks is funny, and they make it funny. That's the same style I go for.
Every time something is taken away, you're forced to take a step back and realize how much that thing means to you. You don't realize what you've got until it's gone.
Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.
You know when grandparents get older and they can't do things for themselves anymore? I'm gonna struggle with that. Because I hate depending on people to do anything for me.
The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.
My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.
When I was in the dunk contest, DeMar DeRozan actually did the dunk I was about to do before me. That was going to be my next dunk, so I was panicking when I went up for my turn.
One of my favorite games of all time was on Nintendo 64 - 'NFL Blitz.' I don't know why, I just loved that game - being able to hit people after the play and stuff was always fun.
There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that - that's their role, to be on the bench encouraging guys to play hard and get good minutes.
Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things and work with really fun people and its something I'm lucky to have.
I'm not really trying to be a stand-up comedian. I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who do it. That's their livelihood. That's their job. It's just something that I enjoy.
There's times in games where I feel like I can manipulate and control the game by doing a lot of things. And then there's times where I feel like I'm not inside the flow of the game.
I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.
My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.
I've never really worried about being called soft or people thinking I'm soft. If anybody wants to step and take that challenge, I'm more than happy - off the court - because I don't want to get suspended.
Sometimes you get lucky - you don't put much work in and you're successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it's about the quality of the time you put in.
After you have a big game, you can't just say, 'That's it, I've arrived,' by any means. I'm always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that's important.