Athlete

I'm very grateful to be able to give back.

Some collectors do but no, I don't look at watches as an investment.

You want your kids to grow up in a world that's better than the one you grew up in. I'm not talking about my own family's wealth. I'm talking about the actual world and all the issues that we have.

New Orleans has an incredible culture. Everybody brings up food first, but I realized there's a lot more to that in terms of music and art and people and history.

As a U.S. History major, there is something very cool about being in cities, and walking the streets of Philadelphia or Boston or New York and seeing historical sites.

I'm very proud of my time at Duke, my career at Duke, but as you get older and become an adult, you lose some head bobs. That's not part of the routine anymore.

My parents always wanted me to do the right thing. My mom, I think her exact words were, 'You're not a chicken in the coop playing in the scraps, you're an eagle.' I was like, 'Oh, OK... ' But really, I've used that throughout my life.

Our job collectively, players and coaches, is to figure out a way to play that we can put ourselves in a position to win.

Twitter has now just become a bunch of angry voices. That for me, I had to detach from there.

Basketball is like the one game I can't figure out when it comes to videogames.

It's certainly a different feel in the locker room after the game when you win.

I feel like every guy has a job to do on the defensive end, and that job can change night to night. My biggest thing is, I try to do my job, and compete.

My thing is just trying to figure out how we can win ball games.

I feel like when I look back at my career I've always done better and I've always been happier when there's more expectation and more pressure.

I'm no dummy. So much of the NBA is just fit and situation, and I always say this, for 85 to 90 percent of the league, your performance is often dictated by your situation and your coaches.

I won't take a shot unless I think it's going to go in.

Growing up, I didn't know anyone that was a watch collector or into watches, but I was always kind of curious about them. Before the NBA Draft, I knew I was going to get drafted, and I wanted to commemorate that by buying a watch.

I'm from the middle of nowhere, Virginia.

I like to write, I like to reflect, and not just poetry, I like to write my thoughts down. I think it's good for people who are more introspective, and it helps me get a better understanding of myself.

I would much rather invest in stocks, bonds, private equity and hedge funds than watches.