I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

There are certain guys in the league that get their rhythm off their dribble.

I'm human, and I make mistakes.

In the NBA, there's always a guy who is only around because he can jump. He doesn't have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake.

There's the Draymond Green you see out on the floor. But that's not me. I mean, it is, but there's more. People see the fiery guy, the competitive guy, the trash talk and everything. But they don't see the love and compassion. They don't see the person. They don't see the real me, who values his friends and puts people first.

What's my status? I'm just a guy from Saginaw, Michigan, trying to make it. But you know, pretty nice crib.

I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it.

I had a great time at Michigan State, but no four years will compare to Saginaw High.

When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period.

I see the game differently than some guys. I'm always reading the next move.

If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results.

There's still nothing like a home-cooked meal. Absolutely not.

I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything.

Be remembered for the right things.

Are you going to back down to somebody? If not, you're giving yourself a chance.

You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed.

My heart is bigger than most guys who have size over me.

My uncle, my dad always made sure I had guard skills. But as far as defending everybody, that wasn't really my mindset until my rookie year.

I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.

I put my heart into this. Like, winning to me is, I make it life or death.

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.