Harrison Barnes

“Anytime you want to get into religious or political views, that can instantly polarize people.”

“I know my body pretty well.”

“Most bigs aren't used to guarding out on the perimeter.”

“People see Michael Jordan as a great basketball player, but he's a great businessman, too.”

“I made the decision to go to Dallas. I don't really dwell on that and just move forward.”

“I think Basketball Without Borders is huge just because of the platform that basketball is.”

“I've been a role player on a championship team, and I've learned a lot from that.”

“I have a desire to learn and be able to interact with people that I admire or like or respect.”

“From the small town in Iowa where I grew up, to Chapel Hill where I went to college, to the Bay Area and now to Dallas, I've been lucky to get to meet a wide variety of people, each with their own beliefs, dreams, habits and ways of looking at the world.”

“As an athlete, I'm always thinking about habits and goals and how to achieve the things I want to achieve.”

“I was just a kid from Ames.”

“I think how you dress says a lot about how you carry yourself.”

“I'd heard Dallas described as a 'big, small town' before, even before I moved. As a kid from an actual small town in Iowa, I was never sure what to make of the description.”

“Food accessibility is a health crisis that has always affected underserved communities.”

“I mean you look at apps like Uber, Postmates, Instacart, things that have revolutionized how quickly we can do stuff. I can be on a flight and schedule groceries to be delivered to my house and a car to pick me up when I land. It is nuts. And it is something that I will always be interested in.”

“Growing up, I used to go to the Fred Hoiberg camp all the time. I used to have so much fun there - just me and my friends going to these camps, having fun playing around.”

“Coming from the sports world, I'm interested in the secrets of team culture and chemistry.”

“Obviously, I'm not complaining about my role at Golden State, because we won a lot of games doing that.”

“Change is very slow, it takes time.”

“It's hard when you get the ball in an iso situation and you have a set defense in front of you. Very few players in the league can do that.”