Avery Bradley

“I just try to come in every single day and be professional and work as hard as I can. I feel like you can't replace that.”

“Sometimes I feel like my defense is so elite that sometimes my offense gets put on the backburner.”

“You have to continue to be positive and go out there and play hard, no matter what the outcome is.”

“There's no bigger stage than this, so each and every night, every opportunity I get, I'm gonna try to prove and show the world that I'm the best perimeter defender in the NBA.”

“Obviously people have guarded me a lot different because of me being able to make shots.”

“I play basketball strictly for enjoyment and to add to the support of my family.”

“My best friend used to make fun of me about the camps I wasn't invited to, and I used to get mad. He was just always better, always the favorite. I was always the one in the shadow that everybody was like, 'He's not good enough. Might not even make it to college.'”

“I'm pretty sure every team in the NBA would love to have Paul Pierce on their team.”

“The most important thing with me is consistency.”

“When I have basketball camps and I tell kids my story, they're like, 'You played in Maine? In Israel? You did this and that?' I experienced a lot, and I feel like it made me not only the person I am today, but the basketball player I am.”

“Are we that self-centered to believe no one in the world is aware of racism right now? That, as athletes, we solve the real issues by using our platforms to speak? We don't need to say more. We need to find a way to achieve more. Protesting during an anthem, wearing T-shirts is great, but we need to see real actions being put in to the works.”

“Boston was a good situation for me, but I think it was over time they were able to understand what they had.”

“As committed to my Lakers teammates and the organization as I am, I ultimately play basketball for my family.”

“I play because God blessed me to play this game and that's what I enjoy doing.”

“People would really hate playing against me if I could touch them.”

“I think anything's possible for me with my attitude and my desire to want to get better every single day as a person and as a basketball player, I think anything's possible for me.”

“Of course I feel like any player that plays this game should want to reach the highest level and the highest accolades, which includes the All-Star Game. So, yeah, I would be dumb not to want to be an All-Star.”

“I want to work on finishing at the basket more as far as more floaters, being more consistent.”

“I've always been a player who played with a chip on my shoulder.”

“I try to leave everything on the floor every single game.”