You're not gonna be known as nothing if you don't win.

It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.

All I have to do is just enjoy my moment and have fun.

Don't go to a school just because your friends are there or because it sounds like a dream school. Go to a program that fits your style of play.

Any team I go to will get an extremely hard worker, someone who never wants to take a day off, loves to play the game and is dedicated to winning.

I feel like I have to step on the court every night and be dominant.

The main thing I do is to carry myself as best as I can on my pro level.

I feel I can fit with any player in the world.

Any time you can have your logo or your name on a shoe, growing up that's a dream come true.

What happens if anger takes you over, Tessa? Who will you be then? What will be left of you?

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.

It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.

So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question.

When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.

There’s nothing better than excelling at a game you love. There’s nothing worse than thinking your accomplishments as a player outweigh your responsibilities as a person.

One life is too short for doing everything.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair

I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.