Joel Embiid

“I'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.”

“Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.”

“One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It's OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.”

“I look like I'm not listening, but I'm actually listening. I like listening to everything, observing everybody, just taking everything in, and then, in my mind, figuring out what's good for me and what's bad for me.”

“One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.”

“I always like to have some type of connection with the crowd.”

“We're always going to be trusting the process.”

“I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.”

“Everything in my life happens really fast.”

“I always dream about that type of moment. In my head, I always kind of create that scenario, just about, like, some type of winning shot or block that's going to, like, really get the crowd into it.”

“I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.”

“If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.”

“I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.”

“I love being physical.”

“At some points, I wanted to quit. There were surgeries after surgeries, and I didn't really believe in myself. I didn't feel good about my body.”

“Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.”

“I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.”

“When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.”

“That's the whole point of playing basketball - having fun.”

“I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.”