I've always been a big-time Scottie Pippen fan. That was my guy growing up!

I want to be a guy who helps the team a lot of different ways.

I'd just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.

Michigan is a proud university.

I realize everything's on me as far as what kind of player, person, and student I'm going to be.

Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn't totally surprised that I was going to get traded - I anticipated it happening. And I wasn't surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.

My father, Jimmy Walker, was the first pick in the 1967 draft, but I never met him. He passed in 2007. I found out about him in middle school. I was old enough to understand who he was, where he went to college, and what his game was about. Older players like Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have come up to me to talk about him.

But the best revenge for naysayers is living well. And living well is doing your job and taking care of your family.

I don't hang with people I don't know. Outsiders can mess up your flow.

Let's face it: if you're an elite basketball player and you choose to be socially and politically active, it could harm your brand.

You know how certain adults feel, the older they get, the longer the walk was to school? Well, I don't feel like that.

We never give Al Horford the credit he deserves as a modern big.

Ask any athlete. One of his dreams is to play in New York wearing a Knicks uniform. It's also always been a dream of mine.

Everyone wants to be successful. What I've learned is how do you determine what that is?

I get to talk about sports on television for a living.

If you are knowledgeable about something and are able to talk about it, you should be able to express yourself.

People are quick to pigeonhole you.

I just appreciate the support that I've gotten, and do what I can to garner support, is kind of my attitude.

I consider Tom Gores a friend.

For those that reach out to try to help others, the less fortunate, those that are impoverished, those that feel like they need a pick-me-up, for somebody to have that extra energy to do that, I really have admiration for him.

There's a lot of players that go to a city, pick up a check, go to practice, and just worry about what's happening in their households, and you can't blame them.

If somebody says Kyrie Irving wants the Boston Celtics to win the championship without him, they're flat-out lying to you.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

There are a lot of great players that never got a chance to play for a national championship. And I got a chance to play for two.