David Lee

“As an NBA coach, the integral part of success is getting the most out of every player on the roster.”

“You can't play the same way in five minutes, can't let the game come to you and settle in. You have to be more aggressive, can't come in worrying about scoring, just rebounding and playing with max effort. You got to let it all hang out.”

“Look, a lot of people in my grandfather's position would have chosen to go out and be really wild with their spending and do a lot of crazy things. But instead, he chose to give back to the community, whether it was the public schools of St. Louis, the library, the zoo, or the science center or you name it.”

“A lot of times I'm playing a guy 5 inches bigger than I am and 50 pounds heavier. It's something I can definitely get better at.”

“When I was on the Knicks, Nate Robinson was on the team at the time, and he his huge into 'Call of Duty.' He has his own crew, his clan, and they are all of his friends from back in Seattle, but these guys are the best. They play about 15 hours a day, and they are simply unbelievable.”

“I always had bad luck with collecting cards. I never got the ones I was after. I would open the pack looking for Michael Jordan and end up with some guy I already had off the end of the bench.”

“New York's a place where you can go from being a hero to a zero in about two weeks.”

“The biggest thing mentally is I'm just always focused on when I get a chance to be out there to help us make plays to win.”

“I really like U2 and I got the chance to see them and it was awesome.”

“I have kind of loose ankles a little bit, and sometimes that's not always good.”

“We were a 23-win team in Golden State, and Stephen Curry and I were the only ones from that team who would be a part of the championship. To go through a five-year transition of changing the culture and from one of the worst teams in the league to the best in the world, it was really amazing to be a part of that.”

“Anytime the other team's top player shoots 10 of 24 you feel you have done your job.”

“The legacy that I'm going to leave in this game and what kind of attitude I have toward the game and being a positive guy to my teammates, that became more important to me than what my points and rebounds looked like.”

“It's something that as you go on in your career you make little changes and little adjustments and that's part of the fun of being in the league and figuring out what your strengths and weaknesses are and trying to be as efficient as possible.”

“My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s.”

“Really the biggest thing that I want to be known for is just somebody that brings it every night, and somebody that you're gonna constantly have to match his energy.”

“Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.”

“Obviously, I'm very confident I can help a team win.”

“I haven't been given anything. It's not like I was a guy that came straight out of high school and was given a max contract and told how wonderful he was.”

“I've been an All-Star twice, scored 10,000 points, done some pretty cool individual things.”