I'm trying to dominate, and if you dominate, you're going to be hated because you're going to talk so much stuff.

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.

Philly will be the place for me for my whole career.

I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.

Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.

I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.

I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.

I feel like I have a lot of potential, a lot of stuff to show.

One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.

If I'm playing well, and we're winning games, that's what I want.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.

I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

I love when people talk trash.

I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don't think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it's reacting.

I always like to have some type of connection with the crowd.

Whatever happens happens. If something happens, something happens. But I believe in God, and I pray every day.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

In a season, you're going to go through slumps.

I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.

When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.

I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.

I think of myself as a complete player.

I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.

The Process is never going to end.

All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.

I like playing on the road and quieting the crowd. I love it.

Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.

I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.

Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.

I feel like racism isn't over.

I always thought that the U.S. was just amazing, and it was just a dream. I thought it was Heaven. Coming here a couple years ago, you know, the U.S. is still nice, but it's not like what I thought it was going to be.

I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.

When I play '2K,' I'll play in GM mode. And I choose different teams. But I always trade for myself because I'm unstoppable. Literally there's no way to stop me in '2K.'

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.

The first time I watched basketball was in 2010.

I do like to be shirtless.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.

Everything in my life happens really fast.

One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me; she was talking to me. She was like, 'Why aren't you drinking?' I was like, 'I just don't drink. Alcohol is nasty.' She said, 'I might have something for you.' She went and got a Shirley Temple. Then I was like, 'Ohhh, OK.'

At some points, I wanted to quit. There were surgeries after surgeries, and I didn't really believe in myself. I didn't feel good about my body.

I really feel like I have the potential - and I'm not even kidding about it - I have the potential to be the best player in the league.

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.