If you do happen to get a scholarship or get a few offers, don't choose the school that is the biggest school. Choose the one that's right for you. Go somewhere you're needed, not where you're wanted.

I never expected to be in the NBA, to be here, let alone to have my own shoe in my second year.

I'm focusing on the day to day and all the accolades will come.

We're putting Utah in a different light. I'm glad to be a part of that. We're all glad to be a part of that. My friends want to come here. When I was a kid, that wasn't the case. That's where I'm trying to get Utah to. I want people to see what we have because it's a great place.

It's been like that my whole life. AAU to high school to college, I've always responded when people get on me.

We play with guys who don't care who scores the most, who rebounds the most... We play with guys who genuinely want to win.

I want to be the best teammate I can be, the fastest learner, the hardest worker, and just go out there in any way that I can help in each game.

It's not like I'm the lead actor or anything. But it's really cool to be in a Steven Soderbergh movie.

It's pretty cool to see the people I'm reaching throughout the entire world. It's special.

I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.

I have so many special memories from the camps I went to when I was growing up.

Everybody asks me if I've always been a sneakerhead. No. I was never a sneakerhead until I had the money to be a sneakerhead.

I've seen guys who had the craziest amount of talent growing up and let that hype and whatnot and the money go to their head.

I join other players in calling for all teams to take a stand. We should not be subject to hate speech or racist acts at any time, and definitely not in our arenas.

As a kid, my favorite subject was recess. Why? Because I could go play basketball.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

I'm just trying to find ways to continue to pass and continuing to be consistent in every aspect of my game.

I know I've got a lot more to learn, so I'm just taking it game by game.

You know, it's a long season and hopefully a long career.

Being patient is one of the big things I've focused on.

Once I got invited to the Green Room, that's when I was like, okay, I'm first, I'm getting drafted in the first round. Because they try their best not to let guys sit in there forever.

I've always been one to kind of, I've always wanted to be the guy. I watched, my favorite player growing up was LeBron. One thing I noticed with him was, it's always on him at the end of the game.

My teammates have had my back with every mistake, with everything I have done well.

I have so many resources I can go to and as a player who wants to learn, I'm trying my best to learn.

I've gotten better. I've added a lot to my game.

I watch a lot of Dwyane Wade. D-Wade was in the Finals his third year and he was getting to the free-throw line 10 times a game.

It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing to make the playoffs your second year. But if you want to be great, you've got to continue to work.

For me to get better, I have to pick and learn from the best. It starts with that.

When you think shoot, shoot, shoot you miss open passes.

You never know what they're going through. Maybe they failed a test. Maybe they're going through a state of depression. Kids go through so much.

People see me scoring now, but I got drafted because of my defense.

I want to play for my country and win a gold medal.

My favorite character in 'Star Wars' is Luke Skywalker, for sure.

My teammates and I have so much faith in each other on the court while we're out there trying to win games.

When you have All-Stars telling you that you could be really good in this league, I think that's going to raise your level.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

Why can't you be both? Why can't I be on the basketball team but also be the student president?

I want to be MVP. I want to be a champion. There's always something that you want.

When you grow up around the 1 percent, it shows you a lot as a child. I got lost in my friend's house my first time ever going to it, because it was so big. I'd never seen anything like that before in my life.

I would love to bring the state of Utah their first championship. I think that's one thing I've always wanted.

I feel like I lead a lot by using my voice, it's natural for me, but I also think it's been more by example.

I feel like I need to find ways to disrupt the other team and apply that pressure they might not be used to. I think being able to set that tone is something I'm priding myself on.

I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.

I'm the type of person that if I put it off, I'll forget about it.

I love everything about being in Utah. I'll never change it. I don't need the big market to be happy.

I've been a dunker for longer than I've been a basketball player.

In college, I wasn't losing weight the right way. Sometimes, I would just... not eat in order to get my weight down. You can't do that in the NBA - there are too many games to do it that way.

I go by the 80-20 rule. So, 80 percent of the time, I'm eating healthy and focused on the right foods - fruits, vegetables, all the good stuff. Then there is 20 percent of the time where you can sneak in some of the other foods, like a steak. That's not to say that a steak is bad.

Unfortunately, Caesar salad dressing is the worst for you.