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“I give guys different looks. I try to front the post and get them to get his post catches farther. I try to full-court press. Just keep him on his toes and ultimately the physicality weighs on you when it gets to the third and fourth quarter. That's just the niche of my defense.”
“I play physical, and I play hard, and the refs know that.”
“Everybody trash-talks and tries to get you out of your game. But that just makes me go harder and fires me up.”
“I feel like my first two years were two total different years - where I got to play a lot and then my second year I didn't get to play a lot.”
“Could I stop Messi if I played soccer? Probably if I had been playing all my life I could. It's just determination.”
“I don't like Draymond at all.”
“In the end, you have to use your team-mates for special guys like Messi or Antetokounmpo, you need your team to defend them.”
“I've got to respect Duke.”
“Guys are used to routines and playing certain rotations or whatever the case may be, and they're in their own zone. I'm just there to rumble it up a little bit.”
“Whenever there's like a game or competition going, I always got the juices flowing. But you know when it's just chillin-back, laid-back time, to communicate I'll talk to my teammates, my family, mostly just chill out because I exert so much energy on that floor.”
“When I get going and I get started, it's just contagious, and you see guys doing just a little bit more. That's what I try to preach to the guys: just do a little bit more.”
“Draymond talks a lot. Gets away with a lot, too. His game is cool - with Golden State - but if you put him anywhere else, you're not going to know who Draymond is. He plays with heart, plays hard, knows the ins and outs of their defense.”
“I just challenged myself to get back in the gym, keep working - seeing where I can get my shots. A lot of mid-range, a lot of finishing and I wanted to get better with my three because if I get better at my three then they gotta close out on me and then I'm playing into my strengths.”
“Emotion is what fires me.”
“I always wanted to be a country boy. Rough around the edges.”
“I feel like a lot of guys, you know, have these podcasts and love social media, but I don't really like it.”
“Ultimately, when you're shooting the ball and feeling confident, the defense comes easy.”
“The media making me a villain, the fans making me a villain and then that just creates a whole different persona on me.”
“I find ways to not let emotions go to waste, to not get technicals and all the bad things that can come with it. I found a way to channel it for confidence and to give my teammates confidence as well.”
“I poke bears.”