I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

I've always been my own guy.

Coach Matta recruited me the best, I had a close relationship with him immediately and I saw a great opportunity at Ohio State. Sometimes it's just that simple.

I always prided myself in being different.

After any game you're going to get the love, the hate: That's just what comes with being a professional athlete.

I've been through losing so much in this league, so to finally get a taste of winning and what the playoffs are going to feel like, I'm excited.

I just know what I'm capable of. When I don't do it, you can always throw the excuse - you're young, it's a process, this and that - but I know what I can do. Just staying patient and just keep putting in hard work and keep God first and the sky is the limit.

Me being young, I'm going to definitely mess up a lot more than I'm going to make the right play, but I want my teammates to be able to trust me and look at me as a veteran guard trying to run the team.

I am tired of talking about what I do or what I am going to do.

I feel like wherever I go, I will make it home.

I wasn't upset to leave Los Angeles.

It's almost like going to high school before you got to go to college. You felt a little bit better before you got to college. That's how I feel about Brooklyn.

I have nothing but great things to say about Brooklyn.

I knew I wasn't going back to Brooklyn... I never knew exactly. I just kinda - you work with these guys every day. You see the same players, you see the same coaching staff, you see the same trainers every day. So when they start to act a little different, you recognize it... I could feel it.

No player in this league - they might be really, really good and they look like they're playing nonchalant, but they're not.

When I play, I'm playing for myself and I'm playing for my family too.

My family is my biggest critic.

Any time anybody says something bad about me, that means I've got to work. If they say I'm not living up to what my potential is, I've go to work - and that's every day.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

No one is going to give me opportunities. I've gotta take them.

I'll adapt to any situation. I've been adapting to different situations my whole life.

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

I know how easy it is to get assists. But you can't be a pass-first guy and get assists. You have to attack.

I can't imagine being in an All-Star Game, knowing that you're among some of the best of the best.