I've always been an underrated passer.
I want to be versatile.
It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.
My motivation is to be the best I can be.
Work hard, work away from the game, work when no one's looking, and just knowing that it's a process. Everything will come at the right time.
The Duke family, those are my brothers, and it's something I'll always take with me. Coach K, he gives me a lot of motivational things and checks in on me and my family. He knows where my heart is.
It's something that I have to learn to do: affect the game in a different way. If I don't get it on the offensive end, try to get it on the defensive end.
My great aunt raised me for about four or five years. Something I took from her was a quote: 'Fear of suffering is far worse than suffering itself.' I actually have that tattooed on the back of my arm.
Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.
I always to try block everything out, good or bad. I always hope to keep receiving blessings, to have faith, because you know, there's a time to block everything out and just work on your craft, work on everything that you desire to get, desire to want.
I like to be straightforward with whatever I'm doing, whether it's basketball, whether it's meeting someone, whatever it is.
I'm just kind of laidback and reserved.
I lay back and see how I can do things the right way.
It was fun getting my feet wet on an NBA floor.
Southern hospitality, that's where I come from.
What I'm learning about myself is, no matter what the challenge is, I can overcome it.
I feel like I gotta get out of myself sometimes. I think I'm in my own world sometimes. I don't like to let other people come into my own world. Especially with my teammates, my coaches, I should be doing that. The important people that need to know how I'm feeling. I can do a better job of telling them exactly how I feel.
People around me, they can give me talks, they can tell me what to do, but if I don't have the right mentality, then nothing good is going to happen for me because I'm not going to be confident.
J. Cole is definitely one of my favorite artists, but I like a lot of different music.
It's all about dressing how you feel.
