I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

I'm armed and ready when my number is called.

I believe the Thunder believed in me. Of course.

That's just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.

I've had an amazing experience at Syracuse University.

I sacrificed my body for the Heat, and I'd do it again.

I can one-on-one, mano-a-mano, BBQ chicken, I don't care.

You know, I wake up every day with a T-shirt and shorts on.

You can call me whatever. Philly Cheese. Bubble Cheese. Whatever.

I'm a father now. I've got a beautiful kid. I'm a little more wiser.

Just having the right people in your corner make things a lot easier.

I've hit big shots in real games. I love the moment. I cherish the moment.

My mom lives with me. She lives with me, yeah. I'm a mommy's boy, you know.

When I get the opportunity to get the ball, I've got to destroy my opponent.

Let Dion Waiters be him. Correct me when I'm wrong but let me make mistakes.

I think playing is the biggest thing for me. I don't think practice can help me.

I just know when I get in the game, I've got to be instant impact off the bench.

One thing about Syracuse, whatever you're going through, the love is unconditional.

During this quarantine I've been dieting, getting my weight down, getting in shape.

I was that guy who you point the finger at, but I was fine with it. I could take it.

My mom got shot. My dad got shot. Some of the craziest stuff. All that happened to me.

At the end of the day you have got to do what's best for you and what's best for your family.

I love my country. I love the United States of America. I'd rather be here than any place else.

Any guy would like to play being out for so long. You miss that adrenaline and everything that comes with it.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

Every time something is going good, going great, there's always something that happens to remind you of reality.

Every day I need that confidence to get by. It ain't got nothin' to do with ball. It's who I am. It was instilled in me.

Sometimes, it's hard holding back the truth, how you really feel, and sometimes the best way is let it out and move forward.

I was never a bad guy, never got in trouble. It's just that I played with anger and I was aggressive or I really never smiled.

I was so locked in. At one point I remember thinking, I'm not going to be a father, boyfriend, friend, whatever. I'm here to play.

You learn from your mistakes at the end of the day. We don't got to keep drilling on the past, things like that. You live and you learn.

I'm planning to go watch tape to see what D-Wade did when he played with LeBron. I need to learn how to be effective out there with him.

It killed me being on the bench and watching my teammates play. I wanted to be out there helping them win. But that gave me more motivation.

I'm used to having the ball, man. So, not really having the ball in my hands... it's just me trying to find different ways to impact the game.

I was just really excited for the city of Cleveland. I think the city, more than anybody, deserves this. They deserve to have LeBron coming back.

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into the league ready and prepared.

I'm working on everything, especially staying balanced when I shoot the ball. That's the biggest thing, as well as taking good shots within the offense.

Yeah, I blew up. But people don't see the other side of it. They don't talk about how I played on a broken foot. They don't know about the everyday grind.

I'm the type of guy, I get mad if I see you keep dribbling in front of me. I'm going to try to get it eventually. I just got a knack for the ball, I guess.

You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the workouts. Make sure I'm ready, sharp, things like that.

I can't predict the future. All I can do is continue to try to stay in shape and work on my game and have a clear mind and not try to think about negative stuff.

I can only control what I can control at the end of the day, so some things you just can't allow to take your head the other way, some things happen for a reason.

She told me, 'I didn't raise no quitter.' That coming from your mom, that's powerful words. That's all I needed to hear. That just drove me. I just took it in and ran with it.

Summertime where guys played pickup, we got a thing in Philly called Summertime Rec. In that summertime you can't duck no smoke. You can't duck nobody in that basketball vibes.

You can't judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me.

People are gonna like who they like, there's nothing you can do about it. Just go out there, do what you do best, play your game and try to become a better person on and off the court.

I learned how to be a pro, I learned how to win, I learned about building relationships with your teammates; it goes beyond basketball. I pretty much learned everything I know from OKC.

Every night is not going to be your night, I understand that. But I learned how to impact the game other ways and I think my defense, my playmaking ability is surprising a lot of people.

I'm a competitor. Any time you work hard and you envision something a certain way and it's not going as you planned and you see it, you know, you go back to the drawing board and you figure it out.

You've got to wake up and perfect your craft, every day, and at the end of the day, you know, you get the star power, magazines, photos shoots, but you've got to say humble, you've got to stay grounded.

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