Everybody that's come to Memphis has been welcome with open arms.

As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount of proteins that came from the right places was the way to go. I also just love gardening.

Being young and dumb, honestly, you pick up some bad habits.

If I'm not on the floor, I'm not valued.

I'm more on the country side than big cities.

A homegrown tomato, you're never going to taste anything like it. There is nothing close to it, the sweetness. And strawberries: The ones you get in the store are so hard; but you get a homegrown strawberry, it just melts, I'm telling you.

I don't know how many Michelin stars Barcelona has, but you don't have to spend big money to eat great.

When you see the floor and you understand the game and you're trying to break it down with what you have in front of you, you can do it offensively and defensively. And you try to take advantage of it both ways. You see where the offense's head is and you can kind of read what you want to do.

I didn't care about the draft. I didn't want to do the workouts - they put you in two-on-two full-court drills with guards. That's not going to help me.

That's the only way I know how to play - dedicating yourself to the game, to the city, to the fans.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

Just because it says 'zero calories' or 'sugar free' or 'fat free' doesn't mean it actually is good for you. It's a way to get you. Just make sure that you know. We think that we can put stuff in our body. Just know how it affects you.

I just try to compete every night.

I had the worst habits that you could imagine. Pizza, burgers, even a little bit of sweets.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.

What matters to me is that we win games and we do our jobs.

Where I'm from, we don't take shots over two guys. When someone is doubled, it's the next man's job to take the shot and make it.

Big guys are Great Danes. We don't last very long.

I grow strawberries, watermelon, onions, you name it.

Different coaches have different schemes, so for me, it's about learning and being able to adjust and adapt to these coaches. It fills your toolbox.

Pau has a game that's impossible to imitate. He's so finesse and so skilled, it's impossible to imitate. Honestly, I'm a big fan of the game. I've never seen a player his size who has so many moves, so many counters and it's impossible. His length, his size, his skills - I mean, you can't teach that.

When you grow tomatoes, you're going to get a lot of tomatoes. So you want to learn how to preserve.

You always have something. You always have a challenge.

When you accomplish something, or you don't accomplish something, automatically your brain goes to the next challenge. That's your next focus.

We're humans, and we're moved by emotions.

Everybody has goals, dreams, whatever you want to call it. But are you willing to pay? You have to be honest with yourself: What do I need to do every day to reach those goals and achieve the level that I want, not only for yourself but also for the team?

It's a thing I have to continually do, taking care of my body.

I'm a big Quentin Tarantino fan.

With years, you change. You're not as hardheaded or stubborn. You are more malleable.

If you grow the food you eat, it tastes better. Seasonal vegetables are grown at the right time, and you can make sure everything matures on the plant or on the tree. It's as fresh as you can get.

When people know that you're going to give them the ball where they want it, then they're going to try to do the same thing for you. And then, they're going to play hard defensively.

I am a father. I have children.

Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.

I'm somebody that sets goals, enjoys the preparation and the planning to achieve those goals, and then really enjoys going through that plan really disciplined and achieving those goals... I enjoy the whole process. If you fail, you can backtrack and see, 'OK, that didn't go well, let's try something else and let's go that other route.'

I think you could say that, a lot of players are insecure and sometimes we have this shield around us that we don't want to accept that we have problems sometimes or we don't know how to do things because we're these superheroes.

I don't read the papers. I don't want to read what the press says.

The architecture in Barcelona is very unique, and I think it's something to truly spend some time getting to know all the cool places.

It's hard for me to sit still in one place. I like to move around.

People say, 'Well, you're not Pau's little brother anymore.' I'm always going to be Pau's younger brother and Adria's older brother.

My grandma used to have a backyard and we put a hoop, a shaky hoop, up there. We used to just shoot at it. We shot at it so many times, we broke it. We had to get a better one, because that one wasn't good at all.

In any relationship, there's multiple moving pieces. Not just one.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

I don't think the Lakers really knew me when they first drafted me. They just saw my name and my size and my stats. They just picked somebody because they had to.

It's not a lie that I'm a stronger guy than Pau. There's nothing wrong with that.

That's what the offseason is for, to work on your game.

Once you work for your team-mates and help each other - thinking about them before you think about yourself - it always works out.

Going through processes as a team and getting better each and every night, that's what you do it for - to eventually win games as a group.

We gotta leave a better planet for our kids. And I would say we gotta leave better kids for our planet as well.

We gotta educate the kids. You've got to do your job as a citizen, but the same time, you have to also give the tools to the society to learn and create their habits so it's a seamless transition to become a better society.

In the frenzy, roller coaster of the season, you can play up and play down. But if you're strong enough, you can change those habits and tendencies and make them into championship-type habits and tendencies. That doesn't guarantee you that you're going to win, but it gives you the best chance. That's all I can ask for. That's all I want.