Athlete

Everyone who's great - play any sport, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, don't matter, everyone's failed. Everyone's gonna fail. It's how you bounce back.

Just to see kids who are inspired by you is an amazing feeling.

When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'

I'm an all-around type player.

You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.

Puma does a really good job with its athletes and providing what we want.

I'm going to keep getting better every single year.

I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

Starting should be a goal for every rookie.

I can lift weights every day and I'm not going to look huge, but it's good to get in the weight room every now and then.

I'm going to get criticized my whole career.

There's a lot of people that hate on me, but I'm really willing to prove 'em wrong.

I learned a lot at Kentucky.

At Kentucky, the environment and the coaching staff is going to prepare you for the next level, but the way we played in college... there's not a lot of spacing in college at all. So, I mean, you've just got to be able to play off the ball.

Maybe I'll have a different role in the NBA than college.

It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.

My whole family growing up played sports, so I'm definitely from a strong sporting background.

Like I tell myself all the time, you have to keep shooting. I'm not going to stop shooting.

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.