I got the chance to experience the full effect of New York and win in New York. There's nothing better.

I can't imagine being in an All-Star Game, knowing that you're among some of the best of the best.

I know how easy it is to get assists. But you can't be a pass-first guy and get assists. You have to attack.

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

I'll adapt to any situation. I've been adapting to different situations my whole life.

No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

Any time anybody says something bad about me, that means I've got to work. If they say I'm not living up to what my potential is, I've go to work - and that's every day.

My family is my biggest critic.

When I play, I'm playing for myself and I'm playing for my family too.

No player in this league - they might be really, really good and they look like they're playing nonchalant, but they're not.

I knew I wasn't going back to Brooklyn... I never knew exactly. I just kinda - you work with these guys every day. You see the same players, you see the same coaching staff, you see the same trainers every day. So when they start to act a little different, you recognize it... I could feel it.

I have nothing but great things to say about Brooklyn.

It's almost like going to high school before you got to go to college. You felt a little bit better before you got to college. That's how I feel about Brooklyn.

I wasn't upset to leave Los Angeles.

I feel like wherever I go, I will make it home.

I am tired of talking about what I do or what I am going to do.

Me being young, I'm going to definitely mess up a lot more than I'm going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.

I just know what I'm capable of. When I don't do it, you can always throw the excuse - you're young, it's a process, this and that - but I know what I can do. Just staying patient and just keep putting in hard work and keep God first and the sky is the limit.

I've been through losing so much in this league, so to finally get a taste of winning and what the playoffs are going to feel like, I'm excited.

After any game you're going to get the love, the hate: That's just what comes with being a professional athlete.

I always prided myself in being different.

Coach Matta recruited me the best, I had a close relationship with him immediately and I saw a great opportunity at Ohio State. Sometimes it's just that simple.

I've always been my own guy.

I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

I'm not going out of my way to eat something that's not prepared for me.

I really don't know what it takes to make it to the playoffs.

I'm addicted to showing people what they don't get to see, as far as the everyday lifestyle of an NBA player.

I'm happy that I got an All-Star under my belt.

Going around the league, people know, 'Oh, he got in some trouble' or 'He didn't play well his rookie year' or 'He's a bust.' That's the headline. I'm going to have a million more opportunities to create new headlines, and I can't wait. Can't wait.

My dad is one of the smartest guys I know.

People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.

I've always been a guy that, I don't know, just attacks pressure.

Any rumor you can think of, I've been a part of it.

No matter what you've been through or what's going on ahead, a fresh start's always good.

Kobe was a legend.

Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.

I've been doing this for 33 years, and sometimes you make movies and nobody cares. But when people care, it's the greatest thing in the world - even when it's passionately against the title - because it's going to start a conversation.

You have to identify your shot and be 'Push your luck' ready for it.

There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.

I'm so proud and honored to have been in 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Eight Men Out.' How come I'm not known for one of those?

I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I had a very strong Long Island accent.

I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.

I try to keep a low profile.

There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.

What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold.

I don't like the NFL, where I think it's a problem: some guy scores a touchdown, now he's got some kind of dance that he planned. To me, I just want to change the channel.

My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that.