I love being an All-Star and continue to want to be an All-Star because that just shows you my talent and who I am. But I've always been a team player.
I understood even in college, when you win as a team, everyone gets their own accolades, individual accolades.
I don't mind being a second fiddle. I don't mind that. I don't care whatever happens, whatever helps my team get a championship is what I want to do. Whatever helps my team win is what I want to do.
I was always in good shape.
I don't count no one else's money. I want everyone to be taken care of and be able to take care of their families and be successful.
In this world, and all the things we have going on, we're all human beings.
My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.
If you drive right, and your big is standing to the right, dish and keep going to their big - you grab an arm, maybe pull - so that they can't contest. You only get called for it once in a while.
Thank you to the wonderful Raptors fans across the NBA, especially in Canada! I am amazed by your passion for our team and the support you have given me.
Personally, I take it really seriously and it bothers me when I don't play well.
People say I'm a natural leader, but I just go out there and do my job and do whatever it takes to win; that's what comes with being a leader, those are the sort of things I've done as I've tried to grow into a leader and I'm just going to continue to do them.
Go out there and play hard, understand your teammates, understand the other team's gameplan, understand your coaches' philosophies and what they want you to do. There's nothing better than showing, though; more than talking, you have to make your actions speak louder than words.
I want to be that consistent all year. I want to play the same way all 82 games. I want to be consistent every night.
Golf is a whole different sport, a whole different challenge, everything.
Game 7 is what you play for. It's what you work for.
When I see a play one time, I've got it. When I see it twice, I master it. When I see it three times, I know where the loopholes are.
At the end of the day, if I become an All-Star, it's because of my teammates.
I'll never be satisfied with where my game is. I always think I can get better.
I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.
I don't have a crew. I have a small family. I never let anybody from the outside in, because I didn't want anybody to say they did anything for me down the line.
I didn't play in indoor gyms until I was 12... Hitting the floor on concrete - it ain't easy bouncing up from that. It makes you tougher.
Growing up, there were not many people I trusted. There are stories for days about how my attitude was. A lot of it's true. A lot of it's not true.
It's about being a better player today than you were yesterday.
Whatever I need to do, I'm doing it for my team.
I think every player hits a little bit of doubt. But if you are strong, you are supposed to be strong mentally because that's our job and you know what you can do. So you are like, 'A'ight cool, I'ma be all right. I'm going to figure this out.'
I get paid to do a job that I love to do, so I'm going to go out there and give it my all every night.
Sometimes when your coach draws something up, you just kind of go with it.
My job is, as a player, to go out here and do my job.
I personally want to be in Toronto.
I think the one thing about Kawhi is he literally stays level-headed all the time, he never gives up, he never gets down.
It's always special to be an All-Star.
I just go out there and try to help my team win no matter what.
Me being a veteran presence, I want to see all my guys be successful.
Bringing a championship to the city of Toronto and the country of Canada has been one the best things I've done so far in my career, and I'll push for that goal every single year I play this game.
The regular season doesn't matter.
If you go to a team that's fighting for a playoff spot, you just want to fit in. That's all you want to do. Go in with an open mind and let yourself take it in.
We have to let our defense dictate our offense.
I know I can shoot when I want. I know I'm going to have the ball. It's about seeing what the team needs at that time.
I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.
I think everyone is just expanding, with the centers shooting 3s. I think that just opens the floor up a lot more. A lot more shots are going up, a lot more freedom of movement. It makes it more of an exciting game.
Everything I do is criticized, scrutinized, sometimes praised. Everything is always looked at like hey what's next. It's made me grow a much thicker skin.
I understand that every day I have to be a leader on and off the court.
When I give back to the community I don't do it for anything except because I want to give back to the community.
I want to support the communities that support me.
I've always been a guy that's worked hard, and I think the coaches see that.
The game of basketball has been amazing to me, to my family.
The advantage of playing in Toronto is not playing for one city, you're playing for a country.
You're not just playing for one city in Toronto, you're playing for Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton.