If the offensive player starts losing confidence, that gets the defender's confidence up - and I think the team can feel it.
Everything was always a pretty up and down for me. It's always been an uphill battle as far as getting respect goes.
If I bring positive energy to the court, most times, I can get that back.
I feel like I can defend three different positions: point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards who don't want to play too much in the post.
I think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor.
Some people are going to like me; some people won't.
I'm going to miss shots. I'm going to make plenty of mistakes. It's not going to be perfect.
I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.
There are certain guys that are obviously a lot more talented than myself and a lot of the other players in the league, but... once you gotta play against me, all that's out the window.
I have respect for everybody in the league.
Ever since I was little, I wanted to win the NBA championship.
Some guys play so straight, and that may be their thing; like, a lot of guys are good playing like that. I can't play like that. I have to flair out. I have to yell. I gotta scream. I gotta talk trash - that's how I get myself going.
In high school, I had gym, and with me just being so competitive, I would go too hard in gym class.
Some people read. I like to put words together.
I love fashion.
Back home, if you get scored on, you're the weak link. When I started getting good, they were like, 'If you're going to play on our team when we go play pick-up, and you start getting scored on, we're not going to let you play anymore.' I started learning how to help other people out with my defense.
Off the court, I think people will like me.
If somebody scores on me, I'm going to be mad.
My worst day, I'm just going to try and smile.
I was told I was going undrafted. That's what I was told by everybody. I guess I wasn't good enough in everybody else's eyes.
