“You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that’s sharper and smarter than they are.”

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, I said, ‘Man, look, I’m going to be that one in a million.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things.

When you start training camp, you’re building the tools necessary to win a championship. You have to have the patience.

I was probably born a scorer, but I was made a winner. Whatever works, whatever wins championships, wins games, that’s what I do.

I don’t talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.

What people see on court is another side of me; it’s not me.

There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own.

There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.

What does perfection look like to me? Championship rings.

I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.

You just try to take it one day at a time, You step on the basketball floor and just play. It’s fun. I’m comfortable with it.

I’m playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that’s what I’ve always wanted.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it’s all good.

I wouldn’t say I’m a ball hog. I’m a shooter. I don’t necessarily hog the ball, but I put them up though. I definitely much rather shoot it than pass it. That’s just how I am.

This is an award I couldn’t have won on my own. I can’t thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

I know how to play my guard spot, he can worry about the low post.

It would be very heard, for example, a basketball owner, no matter how racist he was, to try to operate without Blacks. It would be suicidal.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

You have to be able to separate business from the love of the game.

A leader can’t make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.

It’s not about the number of hours you practice, it’s about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice.

What I’m doing right now, I’m chasing perfection and if I don’t get it, I’m going to get this close.

My role is to make sure we’re moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.