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.Collection: Motivational
You're always becoming; you've never arrived. And I use that day by day just for me to work hard each and every day, and know that no matter how good I worked out today, no matter how good I thought I was today, I can always get better and always be a better person.
There is always going to be another game and another day.
J. Cole is definitely one of my favorite artists, but I like a lot of different music.
I'm not the most vocal guy, but I try to lead by example every single day with how I work.
Southern hospitality, that's where I come from.
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.
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.
It's all about dressing how you feel.
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'm a filet guy, so I like steak.
When I was growing up, I drew my favorite basketball players.
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.
In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.
I seen my dad work for like 16, 17 hours a day.
LeBron's always like this: steady. Steady all the time. He's never forcing anything.
LeBron knows exactly who he is.
My motivation is to be the best I can be.
I don't think I can be perfect, but I think I can be close to perfect if I continue to prepare and continue to do everything in my power to be the best version of myself.
Individually, yeah, I want to be the best version of me. But I want to make everyone else feel comfortable on the floor where they can go out there and they are just playing their game. That's when I'm the happiest, when every guy on the floor is just being that.
My job is just to continue to get better.
I want to be versatile.
I try to take whatever the defense gives me, have a sense of urgency, know who's guarding me and pick my spots, get my teammates involved and also attack the rim.
We try not to worry about our opponent. We try to worry about ourselves.
I grew up playing bigger guys all my life, so it's nothing different.
Seeing bigger guys doesn't scare me at all. It just makes me want to compete against those guys. Bigger or smaller guys - it doesn't matter.
Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.
I'm just happy to be drafted. It's my lifelong dream. Wherever I end up, I'll be happy.
I feel like I should be an NBA player.
I think as a player you're never satisfied.
If I'm not asleep, it's probably all basketball.
I just love playing basketball, so it's good being in the gym.
I feel like I'm a matchup problem, but that's of course because of my height and the height difference at my position sometimes.
When I draw defenders into the lane, it's easy for me to kick it out.
I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.
I don't like video games.
I really don't do much. I play basketball.
I'll do everything I can to reach my potential.
I definitely want to show that I'm going to be a reliable guy to put in the work.
I want to win. Whatever it takes to win, that's what I'll do.
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.
I've always been an underrated passer.
Eventually you get tired of losing.
I always see Lonzo dancing on social media.
It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.