Athlete

In the playoffs, all eyes are on you.

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.

There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning.

I want a ring. That's all that drives me. I want to just get better, I want to have fun, I want to win a ring.

I probably gave up on my dad when I was born.

As long as my team wins games, who cares what people say?

I've always been a guy that's worked hard, and I think the coaches see that.

I expect a lot. And, I hold my teammates accountable and they've got to hold me accountable.

From Rick Adelman to Kevin McHale, it was a big difference. Things are a lot stricter with McHale, and with Rick, things are a lot different, offensively, defensively. You go from being successful as hell with one coach and being comfortable with the coach to, yes, I was really successful with Kevin McHale, but I just didn't do it the right way.

I personally want to be in Toronto.

I understand that every day I have to be a leader on and off the court.

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.

If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.

Whatever I need to do, I'm doing it for my team.

Canadians are all over the world. When they get a chance to support their team and show up, they've been doing it.

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.

My job is, as a player, to go out here and do my job.

I would be a very demanding coach. I wouldn't yell and scream, but I want players that want what I want. And that's why I couldn't coach, 'cause I know how hard it is and I know how hard I want you to play. But everyone's not going to do what I want.

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.

We'll do anything it takes to win a basketball game.