The grass is not always greener on the other side. You learn to appreciate these people.

I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that when you come to the league, this is what happens and this is how I feel as an NBA player. And it's not all peachy keen.

I'm not going to act like I'm this person that I'm not, because I operate bad in that space, you know what I'm saying?

If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals. But I'm more of a basketball player. That's what I want to be known as. And this is the best place for me to play basketball. I'm glad I'm here.

In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

I'm a big competitor.