I wouldn't necessarily say I'm arrogant. I'm just confident.

After a game, I really just relax with the family.

Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table.

I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.

Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down.

I'm blessed, and... all the time, I sit and think, 'Wow.'

I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don't make shots, it's not an assist.

It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive.

My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

I have a great smile. A lot of people don't know that.

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning.

You've just got to earn my respect.

That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.

I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me.

When you're 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can't move as fast or jump as high.

At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man.

I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.

I'm going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be.

Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don't know if it's the weather or the hard times. It's like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough.

Michigan State means so much to my life and me.

Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting.

A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me.

No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that.

A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that.

I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me.

I know what I'm capable of, and I try to go out and prove that.

At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that's always my focus.

I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.

You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don't see all the work that goes into that. It's a grind. And a lot of people don't see that grind.

I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep.

I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.

I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal.

I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective.

I've never been a guy who has said 'OK' about stuff. That's not me. That's not my personality. If I think something's wrong, I express that.

I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it.

If you've got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work.

Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs.

The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.

You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way.

I watch basketball all day every day. So when I'm watching the games, I watch it - I just enjoy watching basketball - but when I'm watching other people play, I'm really just watching as a student trying to figure different things out.

Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them.

Bogut - I wouldn't be the defender I am without Bogut. He taught me a ton. Angles. How to guard the post. You name it, he taught me a ton.

Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league.

I'm trying to make the Hall of Fame.

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.