I've kind of given up trying to evaluate college guys, especially guys from Virginia, just because of my bias.

I like this book by Angela Duckworth called 'Grit.'

My grandparents owned an apple orchard when I was growing up - a lot of apples, cherries... now, actually, a lot of grapes, too, to be honest.

I've been No. 12 my entire career. My cousin Nikki Haerling was a good basketball player, she wore No. 12 in high school and college, and my dad, he was No. 12 as well. I actually just started wearing it when I got to high school my freshman year.

Obviously playing on a team like the Cavs in 2014, they were championship contenders, not allowing a ton of young guys to come in and play through mistakes. If you weren't helping the team have success you weren't really afforded a lot of different opportunities.

I grew up in the Northwest, so I was always a really big Sonics fan. I loved Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, a lot of those players who were really good through the '90s.

I was lucky in my rookie year to play in the NBA Finals, to have that experience, to see what it was like to get to that stage.

Some rookies build bad habits and it's not until year three, four, five that they get to be part of a winning-type organization and culture.

Everybody's always asking me: 'What's it like playing with LeBron?' It's really hard to describe. I'm pretty fortunate that I got him my first year. He's an awesome guy, a great leader. You're witnessing such greatness all the time and you try not to take it for granted because you see it so often, in practice or wherever.

I played football growing up so I used to lift quite a bit when I was in high school. And then I got to Virginia I was lucky, good strength and conditioning program and coach there.

Obviously my role is shooter, trying to take my numbers to another level from that perspective.

The shots, all that stuff, kind of comes and goes. You're not going to be hitting every single game. You wish that you could. But there's a lot of other areas to impact the game where I focus more on.

When you're going through a game and you miss your first couple, you definitely put a little bit of added pressure on yourself. And there is that sense of frustration. You got to block it out and realize that the whole goal of what I'm trying to do is just get open shots.

Whenever you play with better competition or play against better players, it raises your level of play on both ends of the court.

Some games you're gonna have seven shots, some games you're gonna have 15, it just ebbs and flows with the game.

You can play basketball - if you're lucky - for about 10 years. So, you're going to have to have something to fall back on.

I loved going to a place like Virginia, making a connection and meeting the people that are outside of the whole basketball realm, and earning my degree from there.

It was really important for me to get a degree that carried some weight, something that I really wanted to do.

The decision of where I wanted to go to school was very important to me.

I grew up in kind of a resort community. I lived on a big lake. It was really cool growing up there. But a lot of people come there in the summertime, especially Seahawks guys.

Coach Blatt is very, very knowledgeable about the game. And it just goes to show you that no matter where you're at, he knows as much about basketball as anyone. You learn a lot from him. And he's a very charming guy, very personable. He's pretty funny, too.

I feel like I take a lot of pride in the patience that I play with.

Preparation is such a big thing and you should never take that for granted.

The way I play - I'm the guy moving, coming off screens, getting up and down the floor. I should be one of the better-conditioned athletes out there.

The conditioning aspect of things is really important, obviously in basketball, and then specifically for players like me.

Coming into my rookie year, I could kind of eat whatever I wanted - you're really not too concerned about it. But you don't realize that a pound here and there is really not a good thing. It's just basic physics: it's harder to move faster and jump higher when you weigh more.

There's only so much you can do as far as individual skill work and conditioning on a bike. But you can't simulate playing in an actual game. And it can't satisfy the competitive itch you feel as a player.

I don't really get recognized a whole lot. I blend in pretty well.

I just love basketball.

Everybody has a different path to making it in this league. I was fortunate to get an opportunity here in Brooklyn.

The NBA is a difficult thing because the head coaches, they definitely have one of the more difficult jobs and one of the jobs with, I guess, little amount of security as possible. There's so much turnover all the time.

You don't really coach high school basketball because it's a good paycheck. You do it because you love it, care about the kids and you're just passionate about the game.

Yeah, I think any time you're comfortable playing within a system you're going to play more aggressive. You're going to play with more confidence.

I think at the end of the day, regardless of who you're playing against, there's talent on every single team in the NBA.

You don't look through the NBA schedule and say, 'this is going to be an easy night.'

If you stay around in the NBA long enough, you're going to bounce around, your teammates are going to bounce around, but those friendships, they remain constant.

My parents have always told me it's better to write your goals out because then you can look at them every day. You're constantly reminded.

I've grown up with the same people my whole life. I've had the same classmates from elementary all the way through graduating.

I mean, I don't hate attention. I don't embrace it or like it a whole lot.

I hear that a lot... shoot more.

It was like a brother-sister type relationship with all of my cousins. Growing up we were always hanging out together. We all kind of looked after each other like brothers and sisters when we went to school and stuff.

I was so competitive when I played. I was trying to get every loose ball, trying to get steals. That's what I was kind of infamous for in high school.

I was fortunate in college to play as a freshman, but in the NBA, not a lot of rookies are coming in and making a significant impact right off the bat.

Every step of way, going from a small town to Charlottesville and playing in the ACC - that whole experience is a difficult adjustment. In all of that, you really grow as a person and as a basketball player.

I liked the idea of being one of the foundations for Coach Bennett's program and trying to revive UVa basketball.

I play around 220.

In college you might think you travel a lot, but it is nowhere close to the NBA.

I miss UVA and Charlottesville a lot but not so much of going to class.

If someone has my number that I don't know and texts me a considerable amount I would just block the number.

When you have guards that are versatile, it just makes it a lot easier in terms of who you put on the court.