"If you're not getting better, you're getting worse."
"You don't contest shots without expending energy. You don't get deflections - unless you walk into one every now and then - without expending energy. These are the things in basketball you have to really want to do."
"Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot."
"So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog."
"I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion."
"I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table."
"My uncle, my dad always made sure I had guard skills. But as far as defending everybody, that wasn't really my mindset until my rookie year."
"I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus."
"I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles."
"Are you going to back down to somebody? If not, you're giving yourself a chance."
"There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted."
"I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better."
"I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up."
"Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down."
"When you play against people that's better than you, you get better."
"I'm blessed, and... all the time, I sit and think, 'Wow.'"
"I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don't make shots, it's not an assist."
"What's my status? I'm just a guy from Saginaw, Michigan, trying to make it. But you know, pretty nice crib."
"It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive."
"You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed."
"My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me."
"Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts."
"I have a great smile. A lot of people don't know that."
"A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?"
"Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning."
