I never take a day off.

I think I'm a great teammate.

I set really high expectations.

I'm a big fan of black uniforms.

I'd like to win Rookie of the Year.

Every game is going to be different.

I try to make really close bonds with people.

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

I've been working on all my aspects of my game.

I have videos of me playing basketball in diapers.

You see a lot of guys in the NBA make dumb mistakes.

That's always been my interest - things of the unknown.

My father has his master's degree. My uncle does as well.

For as long as I remember, big men have dominated the NBA.

My dad is the opposite of me. He's so outgoing and so loud.

There are guys like Chance the Rapper; I'm a big fan of his.

My aunt, who plays the role of my mother now, she got her Ph.D.

I didn't want to go to any school but Duke: the best of the best.

I can play with my back to the basket, but I can face up as well.

It's nice to be able to go against bigger guys and be able to bang.

When you have a dominant big man, that changes the aspects of the game.

I definitely want to play for a school that throws the ball in the post.

I definitely feel like I'm the scapegoat for a lot of The Process issues.

Speeding obviously is illegal. I know that's not what you're supposed to do.

I do three different workouts a day. In total, it's about six or seven hours.

I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.

I like playing in the post, so a system that plays to my strengths is important.

Coming out of college, I got a lot of notoriety for being the old-school center.

In college, when you lose one game as a top team, it's like the end of the world.

It feels good when your teammates are telling you on the bench that they're hyped.

At the end of the day, I know what my bread and butter is and how I can be effective.

When I found out dairy was an inflammatory, which I had no idea about, I cut that out.

I've always won. I've won the state championship, national championship, all that stuff.

That's one of things I've heard about Brooklyn - how good they are at developing players.

One time, I palmed some medicine balls, just because people wanted to see if I could do it.

I think, when I was younger, I might have scored on the wrong basket. That wasn't too smart.

My defense is a criticism, but we won a national championship at Duke, so it wasn't that bad.

I've been playing basketball my entire life, so I feel comfortable doing what is asked of me.

I've always been the tallest guy in my age group, which always made me go right down in the post.

When I found out that I'd been traded to Brooklyn - it was pretty much the best feeling in the world.

When I pictured myself in the NBA, I always imagined myself with an older guy taking me under his wing.

I can score from 18 to 20 feet out, handle the ball, pass. I don't consider myself an old-school center.

I never had to worry about putting a target on somebody else's back. Usually, the target was on my back.

Being in the city of New Orleans, meeting the people, it's been nothing but hospitality and a lot of love.

I always knew I wanted to be in the NBA and play myself in a video game. That was my goal when I was a kid.

My rookie season, I wore 8 because I had wanted 15, but it's retired in Philadelphia. I had worn 15 in college.

I shoot all kinds of shots. I just don't stay on the block and do layups and dunks when I'm in the gym by myself.

I don't want to say why I should be picked over somebody. I just want to say why I should be picked for any team.

My main focus, my pride is right there on the block. That's where I've always played and my focus has always been.

I've had a lot of struggles in the NBA, so to have some type of success, it just feels good, and makes you want more.

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