A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing.

I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.

Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.

Every team that I've gone to has had trouble winning games. I guess that's what I've been put on this earth to do, to fix it.

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.