I know who I am. People who know me know who I am. That's all that matters.

Obviously, I want to be an All-Star.

I'm from here, so I know how it is playing in L.A. If you're winning, they love you. If not, they'll find someone else to do the job.

Obviously you have LeBron, the best player in the world, all the attention is on him. A lot of the wins and losses are targeted towards him.

My dad had me start lifting weights at 12, and for me it was fun.

Actually, I've always been kind of a leader, and it's kind of just stuck with me throughout my whole career.

It helps me get rebounds, I can see over the defense pretty easily, and yeah, I thank God he blessed me with height.

I don't like to do a lot of talking.

People are kind of used to me shooting.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

Getting on fast-breaks, you don't do that when you let a team shoot 20 free throws in one quarter.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

We're competitors.

Obviously if your head coach expects more of you, you bring it to the table.

I don't like losing.

It gets frustrating when you play basketball for your whole life and then it gets taken from you for a little bit.

Melo has a chance to be a better player than me, for sure. I feel at the same age, he's better than me. In real time, I don't think he's better than me. But I'm the big brother so I'm always going to have that edge over him.

My family's always going to be together.

Man, at the end of the day, it's just a game. And the way I look at it, when I have fun, that's when I play my best basketball.

I just live in the moment.

A lot of people label me as not a defender for some reason. I don't know why.

There's no off nights. When you think it's an off night, it's not.

I chose to go to CAA. I think me becoming my own man is going to make it easier, honestly.

Everyone has talent in the league.

I tell everybody take it one game at a time.

You can lose any night.

It's my life, my career. I'm making all the decisions now.

I got no problem with Nas.

Ain't nobody bumping Nas no more, no disrespect to him. He had his time.

Future put out nine projects in a row that's all hits. 'Dirty Sprite 2' is one of the best albums ever.

56 Nights' one of the best mixtapes ever.

Don't nobody listen to Nas anymore.

I write when I get bored, when I have nothing to do.

I got a close friend who raps.

I know that everything my dad made me do made me better.

My dad's a funny guy.

I don't think you can talk if you're not doing your job.

If I'm open, I'm shooting.

I know I play with a lot of passion, but from the outside looking in, people say, 'He's passive. Doesn't play hard.' And others say, 'It just comes easy to him. He's smooth.' That's just how I play. Always been the same person.

During the pregnancy and stuff, I knew I had a daughter coming but when she finally got here that is when it really hit me. Ever since that day, I look at life a lot differently.

I've always been a fan of rap music.

L.A.'s a lot of noise and stuff. You always hear cars and stuff.

I like Chino more than L.A., to be honest.

I do all my playing on the court.

Ever since I was a kid I've been rapping.

I like '4:44.' It's a good album. AY-Z's a great, great artist.

Every time I go out there, I just want to win.

I'm going to have confidence in myself. That's how I try to play.

If you see me, you're going to hear some type of music coming out of me.

Knowing some guys are way bigger than you, way faster than you, you have to find other ways to do what you want to do.