My parents always wanted me to do the right thing. My mom, I think her exact words were, 'You're not a chicken in the coop playing in the scraps, you're an eagle.' I was like, 'Oh, OK... ' But really, I've used that throughout my life.

I'm not naive - I think it's rare in the NBA every day to actually be able to enjoy being around the people you're working with.

I've been very fortunate to be on some great teams and in great locker rooms.

I've certainly benefited from the three-point line and the emphasis on shooting them.

I feel like I've been mentoring young guys for a long time.

New Orleans has an incredible culture. Everybody brings up food first, but I realized there's a lot more to that in terms of music and art and people and history.

I listen to a lot of hip hop artists, and I think hip hop and poetry go hand in hand. The 'Def Jam Poetry' on HBO is just so sick to me.

Kind of making that leap from a team that wins occasionally to a team that wins the majority of the time, a lot of times just comes down with figuring out how tough it is to win, and then executing down the stretch to do it.

I played ACC and NCAA Tournament games in my backyard - these imaginary games - and when I finally got to experience it in real life, it was better than I could imagine.

It's certainly a different feel in the locker room after the game when you win.

I'm very proud of my time at Duke, my career at Duke, but as you get older and become an adult, you lose some head bobs. That's not part of the routine anymore.

One of the reasons that the NBA is so good is NBA Twitter.

I think the coach-player relationship is a two-way thing. You have to be willing to take suggestions as a player and vice versa.

At the end of every season I look in the mirror and ask myself what can I do better? Where did I screw up this year?

When I got done at Duke, I almost felt ashamed of it. I almost tried to distance myself from being the Duke guy.

I've never valued material things. I've always been more attached to people. The pursuit of material things takes time, and I realized my time is very valuable especially during the season. My time with my kids, what I do to take care of my body, and of course any intellectual pursuits I may have on the side. Those are all things that I value.

To be able to give back and be able to help people, it means a lot to me. I'm humbled by it, honestly.

I don't own a watch anymore. Literally, that was an addiction. I'm not afraid to admit that. It took me over. My possessions possessed me.

I'm not sure my own family liked me at Duke.

I think with defense especially, you have your core principles. If you do those consistently, then it's easy to make, sort of, game-to-game adjustments. But, when you're not doing your core principles consistently, you end up just guessing a lot. To be honest with you, that's what bad teams do.

I have this personality where I'm all in on something or I'm off of it.

Generally speaking, you want to put three or four shooters around a dominant center and have him just roll to the basket.

I've been on teams where you literally don't talk to each other at dinner. Just six guys on their phones.

I shoot my highest percentage from the right corner, and it's also the shortest shot.