I'm not this tough guy, I'm not this super hard person.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player'.

How I grew up, everybody was telling me, "You can't do this, you can't get tattoos, you've got to look a certain way." Now, I'm like, "Why?"

I can score the basketball, but I think I can pass pretty well or I can make the correct pass. I'm not the type of guy who's just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who's wide open. I can make the right pass.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.

I'm just content with myself, happy with myself.

I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to the NBA or stand up here today in front of you guys and be an NBA MVP. It’s just a surreal feeling, and I had so much help, so many people believe in me when I didn’t believe in myself.