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Scoring is easy for me.
Danny Ainge is a genius, man.
I'm me. I'm not into to all that GQ fashion.
Things, for me in Boston, did not end badly.
I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.
I'm always animated; I'm always kind of crunk.
I'm not an interior decorator. I just shoot 3s.
I feel like everybody makes mistakes defensively.
My Rottweiler really don't talk much. He just bites.
I didn't understand a winning atmosphere until I got to Dallas.
I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.
I've been kind of thrown under the bus a few times in my career.
A lot of times you get a good opportunity and it never comes again.
My son goes around shooting the basketball saying, 'Isaiah Thomas!'
When things just get bad you can't quit, you just have to keep fighting.
I've hit my head on the rim a couple number of times, back in high school.
I'll never be in a dunk contest again. I don't ever want to be a part of it.
I don't want to be remembered for dunks, even though that will probably happen.
Not a day goes by that I don't think about my finger, but I don't really miss it.
When I signed with the Rockets, I just kind of felt like that was my calling card.
I didn't think I was going to school to be a doctor - no offense, but that wasn't me.
When I came out of high school, I was a little kid. I didn't understand the business.
I need to be more of a take-what-the-defense-gives-me player and not force the issue.
All I've been doing is shooting in my driveway and playing one-on-one with my Rottweiler.
I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done.
It's not about individual stats but whatever I can do to help my team win, I'm going to do.
I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.
I do intend to achieve my education goals and obtain my college degree through distance programs.
I've been trying to figure out what mistakes I'm making defensively as far as help defensive stuff.
Most of my career, I've always kind of been off the bench, so, for me, it's not about if I start or not.
The teachers told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I was a bad kid. But I knew I could still hoop.
Hopefully I can win a ring before it's all said and done. Hopefully they'll remember me as being a champion.
I try to tell young guys - like, if I see a young guy pressing, I try to tell him to relax and play your game.
I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.
I want to retire here, man. The Suns gave me an opportunity to revive myself and why would I want to go anywhere?
Even if I'm the 15th man on the bench, the first man off the bench, or I'm starting, I'm still part of that team.
Anybody tells me I get a chance to rep Houston, I'm gonna rep it proud. It's all I've been wanting to do forever.
Some nights you're going to have a lot of energy, some nights you're not. The great ones find energy from nothing.
If I could palm a ball I probably could have more dunks than I have in my career, but I still can get the job done.
I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.
I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.
I have vets like Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner, Mark Madsen, and Michael Doleac who keep me motivated to want to get better.
I hate talking about the dunk contest. I'm just so sick of the dunk contest. I'm done with that. That point of my life I'm over with.
I cried after I woke up from surgery and saw that my finger was gone. I was looking at my hand, going, 'Where the hell is my finger at?'
If I see somebody that's doing something good, I tell him, Hey, man, keep doing those things. Those things can make you be a great pro.'
I go to Milwaukee, I get cut, that really put a funk in me. I'm like, 'Man, it's over for me. I can't even make it in training camp now?'
I just tried not to just quit. Because sometimes I did have a tendency to think that I would never be back I would never be wearing an NBA logo.
Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.
I used to always hide my hand, I still do. I don't really like talking about it. Sometimes I still hide it and not even realize that I'm doing it.
I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.