Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.
Being an NBA player, a lot of stress comes with that: realizing there's a lot of pressure on me and accepting that for what it is, realizing that I might need help, I might need somebody to talk to, accepting that there's nothing wrong with that.
I have a lot of eyes on me because of basketball, a lot of young people looking up to me. It's made me grow up faster.
You see a lot of guys in the NBA make dumb mistakes.
I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids. I tell them you have to be dedicated, have to decide if you want to be a serious basketball player or not. They always ask, 'What if you get discouraged?' You have to remember what your goal was in the first place.
I think, yeah, Chicago is the best basketball city in America.
One time, I palmed some medicine balls, just because people wanted to see if I could do it.
I've always been a Kobe fan; he's one of my favorite players.
I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.
I think, when I was younger, I might have scored on the wrong basket. That wasn't too smart.
My dad is the opposite of me. He's so outgoing and so loud.
I always knew I wanted to be in the NBA and play myself in a video game. That was my goal when I was a kid.
I've been working on all my aspects of my game.
I was a big sweet-tea guy.
Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level.
There are guys like Chance the Rapper; I'm a big fan of his.
Being from Chicago, an inner-city kid, I'm fortunate enough now to be able to help the kids here when I come back, when I'm in town.
I remember my first camps when I was in high school, freshman year. I did a LeBron James camp, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever.
Basketball was my thing I was always able to use to forget everything.
