Harrison Barnes

“You want to know what you do best.”

“You can never not make your voice heard - there's always more we can all be doing.”

“One thing about me: I don't try to live out what ifs.”

“To me, I'm honored to be able to talk to and interview people like Dr. Harry Edwards and Emmitt Smith, and just to be able to ask them questions is an unbelievable opportunity. I'm not a journalist. I have no idea about that. My wife is 10 times the writer that I am. I'm not going to be on that level.”

“I love to get involved with the community by doing programs that promote literacy and education.”

“When I look back at the people who were most influential in my life, it wasn't Kobe Bryant, it wasn't Michael Jordan, it wasn't Muhammad Ali. It was regular people who do, like, regular jobs in Ames, Iowa, who had impact. My hero was the secretary in the department of music - my mom.”

“The relationship between police and African-Americans has probably always been strained.”

“The biggest thing to realize when you're guarding great players is, look, they're going to score - it's hard to guard anyone one-on-one, straight-up and have them be shut out. You just want to try to make them work for their possessions.”

“I'm in the gym every single day.”

“I've grown in maturity because I understood from an intellectual standpoint how serious Covid-19 is and all the effects it was having on our society.”

“When you rebound, you've got to get some edge. You get some elbows early in the game, it kind of gets your blood flowing. Then you're kind of just on edge, just aggressive from there.”

“You have to have that balance of scoring and playmaking, and learn how to be a closer.”

“You have to commend the players who've stepped up and used their voice, who've been courageous, and when it came to Colin Kaepernick, had to sacrifice tremendously to get their point across.”

“When you win a championship, you can't always rely on that for the rest of your life. You want to try to go out there and win a better one.”

“I am drawn to leaders who set out to make positive changes in their communities.”

“At the end of the day, you have to win games.”

“For as long as I could remember, I've wanted to play basketball at the University of North Carolina. Funny thing is, there was a long period of time when I wasn't sure how much they wanted me.”

“I don't know if taking on Facebook is going to be a good career move for me.”

“Kerr is great, but I started my career under Mark Jackson, so there's no hard feelings there.”

“Being in the NBA and able to connect with fans through social experiences is great.”