"I want to make a difference."
"I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for me, I just focus on winning games, trying to make the playoffs."
"Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs."
"I'm going to play the right way, I'm going to know my role, and I'm going to be who I am."
"I just go out there to show them I'm going to play the right way regardless of what position or what situation I'm in."
"I think, as a rookie, what guys need to be judged on most coming in the league is feel. Not skill, not shooting, not stats, not even passing, but that feel for the game, the ability to read situations and make the right play."
"When you're running next to a guy who's about to lay it up in transition, you just get out of the way because you know Giannis is coming to block it."
"When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference."
"I know what my role is."
"My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove."
"A lot of scouts and people are enamored with athleticism and youth. So they take that any day over mature, high-quality basketball players."
"I think my play will talk for me, It will show people, and it will show the league."
"I pride myself on what I do every night. I pride myself on my work ethic and how I carry myself. I want to be mature in my approach but focused and disciplined."
"I don't let people score on me. I think that's my biggest asset."
"Regardless of what the stakes are, our attitude and our mindset doesn't change."
"I was thinking about the NBA after my fourth year, but I also realized I could get my master's paid for and have another year on the court to raise my draft stock even higher. I felt if I could do those things, I could have my cake and eat it, too."
"I want people to have clean water. People in this country take it for granted, the ability to drink clean water whenever they want. There are millions of people far less fortunate in this world, and it's my duty to do as much as I can to change that. I don't see that as insurmountable at all."
"I want to play for a team that has a strong defensive reputation. One that relies on a system and where assists are valued. And a team that needs what I do - making other guys better, leading a team, being a defensive stopper every night. I want to be a good fit."
"My five years at Virginia truly prepared me for the NBA and for life after the NBA."
"Thanks to Coach Bennett for a great education in basketball and for making me better."
"Thanks to the great fans of Milwaukee. Their work ethic truly inspires me every night."
"I saw from a very young age the value of clean water in communities in Africa. I made a promise to myself that once I reached a time and place in my career where I could do more, I would."
"I think college has helped me."
"Playing four years of college, you learn a lot; you learn more about yourself than anything."
"My older brother was always in the gym, and I saw how hard he worked. Around middle school, I was in there with him, and I started to love it. But it wasn't like I had a basketball in my hand at age 2."
