Austin Rivers

“I played on the same AAU team with Brandon Knight.”

“The easiest thing sometimes is just playing. You don't have to worry about the plays, this and that, you just play.”

“I don't want to just meet LeBron. I want to destroy him on the court one day.”

“In high school, I used to just catch the ball and do whatever I wanted and score. In college, you can't do that anymore.”

“I had to go through the same things that anyone's son went through. And you know, there aren't that many guys whose dads played who got to the league.”

“I cross somebody once a game. Now whether you make an elite shot or whatever determines if it's a highlight, but I cross someone once a game, James Harden crosses someone four or five times a game. When you're guarding guys, you have to understand it's going to happen.”

“I played through flu-like symptoms before. It was frustrating.”

“One game, one of the kids yelled, 'The only thing Riverses are good at is coaching.' I didn't take offense, I just smiled.”

“I feel like I always have to smell good.”

“Most teams don't do anything. Really it's just take the ball out the basket, pick-and-roll, and run.”

“It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a row. I've been on those teams. Those are great experiences.”

“I do like watches. I like the sophistication of it all. Like the whole thing behind collecting watches is very grown man-esque, so it makes me feel more an adult.”

“I can go a week without playing and be all right.”

“I have to do so much to distinguish myself.”

“At the end of the day, it's the general managers' and the scouts' opinion on you and what teams need, what they're looking for.”

“A lot of teams have won one state championship, but not many teams can say they went back-to-back.”

“He's a great father - I don't view him as a coach. He gives me advice as a person and as a basketball player, and I've learned a lot from him and my mom.”

“My dad would never, ever play me over somebody because I'm his son. If I'm not playing well, I'm sitting on the bench.”

“I don't like missing a game.”

“We're caught in an era where everyone likes riding a wave. People want to go to places that are already on the rise and going to franchises that are already doing really well. And people have lost interest in going somewhere and making something great again.”