Grayson Allen

“I think the aggressive and loud way that I played in the championship game is kind of polarizing; you either love it or you hate it.”

“If there's a loose ball, I'm going to dive and see if I can get it. That's just the way you play.”

“It's nice to score 20 points a game. It's also nice to end your season with a win.”

“From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through high school.”

“Duke has a lot of haters, but I know it means you're doing something right if they're hating you.”

“You get into the game and you know you're probably not going to be in there long. It's like, while I'm in here, I better not mess up. That's the completely wrong mentality to have. That works against how I play because how I play is 150 percent, going all out, going crazy.”

“I play the game for the love that's in my heart, and as long as that's still there, I can go out there with nothing to fear.”

“You don't want to put competitiveness and emotion away, so you learn to play with it. You learn to use it for your team.”

“I learned how to prepare like a pro, how to recover like a pro, how to live like a pro while at Duke.”

“I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.”

“I think the NBA, they like competitive guys.”

“Food is such a basic need, and it is unfathomable to me that people still do not have adequate access.”

“Marshall Plumlee. One of the weirdest/greatest guys I've met.”

“You think the end of my freshman year, from nobody really knowing who I was to skyrocketing onto the scene in the national championship game, there's nothing but good things to say after that. Then you get into the spotlight and it turns to hate.”

“I'm very appreciative to have the parents that I do have.”

“I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.”

“Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.”

“The thing that you don't understand about college basketball until you're one or two seasons in - and something I've struggled with - is that you have to be 100 percent connected to your other four guys on the court at all times.”

“I think I'm a focal point for everyone. It's obvious that all the fans are watching every move that I make, and so why wouldn't the refs?”

“I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.”