I just enjoy playing in the big moments, in the big games.

I feel like when I'm out there, I'm on the court, I just try to figure it out.

Because I grew up in a single parent home with my mom, growing up, things weren't always the best.

My parents are supportive of me, whatever school I go to.

I'm the biggest mama's boy ever, and I'm proud to say it.

You gotta have confidence in yourself first before anybody else will. I've always had that.

That's what I am trying to be, just trying to affect the game any way possible, rebounding, getting a block, or trying to get a stop even when your shot isn't falling, because, at the end of the day, all that matters is whether you win or lose.

At the end of the day, we all want to win, so everybody has to sacrifice when you want to be a part of something special.

I literally have never lived anywhere longer than two years in my life. I never just stuck anywhere.

I'll stay in the studio for 12 hours at a time, just producing music and making records. It doesn't feel like 'Oh man I've got a job to do.' It's more like 'Oh man I didn't even realize I've been there this long.'

I'm JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I'm just really passionate about music and I don't want people to look at it like 'Oh he's just doing it to get famous.' I'm already pretty famous as is, so I'm not really trying to do it for the money.

I'm a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn't matter.

When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.

If you put negative things out about anyone every day, they're gonna start believing it, sorta like propaganda if you think about it.

I love L.A., L.A. was beautiful for me.

I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.

Sometimes I go in and try to write beats, but I just trash 'em, and then the next time I go in, I'll make like six beats - six legit, nice beats. I'm really particular with how it needs to sound.

I'm on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans - like 90 percent.

During the season, the main focus is always basketball.

I grew up in Flint, Michigan so I'm used to broken promises so I don't look forward to anything. I look forward to the now. I don't even like planning trips more than a week ahead because you don't know how you're going to feel a week from now.

The fact that rich people get free stuff and poor people have to pay, it's backwards.

I'm not really a vengeful person.

I wish I could do more in Flint but they estimated the amount that it would cost to fix Flint and it would be a little over $1 billion and I'm definitely not a billionaire. It's extremely heartbreaking the way the city is being treated in my opinion.

I guess I'm a utility player where I can do it all.