It can be easy to just be a professional half the time, and you may see half the results, but when you're consistent, you can see your full results and you can pan out to be who you want to be year by year.

I'm a dog lover - I've had them since I was younger.

It's hard to be so mentally competitive and when you're not competing you try to turn it off but it doesn't work like that. I don't think you can just turn it off, I think you still find ways to be competitive - if it's playing a video game, if it's playing cards.

As far as coming out on top with the right mentality and it molding you into the best human being you can be, I think that's what Brooklyn did for me. I became an All-Star, I got to touch the playoffs. To get a piece of that, I'm forever thankful.

Like, if you get close enough to me you'll see how I really am.

I'll let my game speak for itself.

The Lakers fanbase is enormous. Getting the fans on our side is a huge advantage for us.

It's hard to keep a positive attitude coming to work every day, feeling like you're getting better when the same result is losing.

L.A. has so much to offer. So I want to take advantage of it.

I know my work ethic and know what I've put in to get where I'm at.

The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless basketball.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.

The older you get, the more you start to understand your body, so I try to just focus on my body every summer.

I really didn't get to experience college. I enjoyed Ohio State, but I didn't feel like I had a chance to live the college life. When some guys got bored, they went out partying or to the student center. When I got bored, I went to the gym.

When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

Not a lot of teams take you into consideration, like a lot of teams can easily decide to if you're hurt or anything, make you go play.

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

If you're starting to lose the love of the game, it means you're not going to work as hard.

There's something about playing in junior and being with your buddies all the time and going through that run, it's hard not to fall in love with it.

I love the game so much and I work hard at it and I have a lot of fun with it.

I'm trying to work on it - not cheating, stopping in the 'D' zone, all that kind of stuff.

You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.

I'm a guy who wants to make a lasting impression on hockey, and if I'm going to do that, I have a lot more work to do than just one season.