When I went to Australia on the India A tour in 2014, I played on flat pitches against batsmen, some of whom were Test players. That experience taught me a lot, as I also was playing with a lot of Test players in our side as well, and I learned about being mentally tough.

Hopefully, whenever I play more, I'll be able to do well and gain more confidence.

I focus on how to improve my fitness level.

You go ball by ball, and you try to control the controllables.

I have always taken care of my body.

I knew if I bowl to my strengths, I will make an impact.

I try to do what is there in my hand. I try to do well wherever I play.

You never know when your chance will come. You have to be mentally prepared and be in best shape possible.

My preparation is different for every format.

It doesn't matter to me what people think. I don't think like that.

I only take one ball and one day at a time, and if you think like that, you don't feel pressure at all.

When there is seam movement, you don't need to try too much. Just bowl good, hard lengths and wait for the batsman to make mistakes.

Since I bowl wide of the crease - I am able to bring the ball in to the batsmen and have been working on varying my pace - a crucial component in the T20 format.

If there is clarity about your plans, more often than not, you will be able to execute your plans.

You cannot be successful by just bowling yorkers.

Nobody can bowl six out of six yorkers. So you have to mix your pace. You have to bowl bouncers, mix up the pace.

As I played a lot of tennis ball cricket, I used to watch Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis a lot.

Whenever you go to different countries, you learn new things and gather experience.

My focus is always on what is expected of me from the team at any given situation.

I feel England is the most difficult place for a bowler.

I don't do anything malicious or anything in a negative manner. I'm all about positivity and making people smile is positive.

I love being around positive people and making people smile.

For lunch, it's usually a salad with sunflower seeds, cucumbers, celery, and a lot of vegetables.

I always look at Akon as inspiration, and the fact that at one point Lady Gaga was signed to Konvict Muzik.

I don't think people really take pneumonia seriously when they hear it. But people really die from pneumonia: kids, older people, even just regular-aged people. They just die from pneumonia.

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

I was in Dallas and I had gained weight and knew becoming a vegetarian was the quickest way to lose it. I just wasn't sure if I could do it.

I don't feel like I'm influenced by anybody, but I feel I'm definitely becoming more a leader.

I went through that phase in my life where everything I did wrong was displayed into the public and all over national TV, so I went through a part of my life where I was afraid to do things because I didn't want to make a mistake.

Being on a team with four All-Stars is unheard of.

Yeah I definitely rep the city of Flint.

Personally I'm just trying to take advantage of every moment that I get.

I've been the same goofy guy I've been this whole time.

I'm definitely excited about getting better.

The best thing when you get pneumonia is rest - that's it, just rest.

Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.

It's definitely a grind. Come to the gym early, leave late.

As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.

I stay in my lane and do what I want to do. I don't worry about the outside world.

For breakfast, I'll have some oatmeal, avocado toast, and a shake.

Dinner is usually just pasta with mushrooms.

My favorite artists would be Drake, Future.

I feel like there was a belief that I couldn't play more than 10 minutes in the league because of asthma or because of anything.

I just do whatever I want to do.

If you're just dunking by yourself, it's really nothing special. You have to dunk on someone - then you feel like you're demoralizing them.

As long as I'm efficient, I'm just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.

It's definitely more important to finish games than start games.

I'm a multi-skilled big.

I can pass and I can shoot and I can do some other things also.

Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.