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“People feel that I have overachieved, but I feel that, myself, that I work tremendously hard in the gym. I feel almost I have underachieved a little bit.”
“You've got to win. You've got to win to be respected in this league.”
“Other than basketball, I just come to KG for advice on life, just understanding how business works and understanding how I can be a better leader and also be a better human being.”
“The defense will tell you who shoots the ball. If it comes down to them trying to take the ball out of my hands, I trust my teammates to go out there and make every shot.”
“I live my life very Amish-like. Other than video games, I don't think I have a reason for electronics. It's a life that I've always loved.”
“I'd even say possibly I'm one of the best gamers in the NBA. I play everything. I play every single type of genre game.”
“My favorite memory of Kevin Garnett is not a memory - it's more of the experience I had with him for a year, just enjoying that moment of being his teammate, conversing with him every single day, learning from him every single day.”
“When you have someone who is with you every step of the way and is trying to help you and guide you to the right direction, it just makes life much easier but also makes life more fun.”
“I think my personality is not because I was born this way but because I was raised this way. I was raised with a lot of fun, a lot of joy, a lot of happiness, a lot of passion, and that's how my family is.”
“I do not know how it is to be a great player, to be a Hall of Famer. I want to learn.”
“I've been a dedicated 'NBA 2K' fan since I was young, and being selected as the face of 'MyNBA2K17' is an incredible milestone this early in my career.”
“I think the biggest thing I want to learn from Kevin Garnett, with him having a ring, is how do I become a championship player? How do I see how a championship team looks like? How do I use myself to be a championship contributor?”
“One of the things that has benefited me in my career is being part of the new age of technology: the ability growing up to get on the Internet at friends' houses and go on YouTube and watch videos of great players.”
“If you want to be great, there are so many talented players who have come in and out the league. But only a few of them are remembered as being great. It's because they were willing to say they don't know. And I'm willing to say that I don't know everything.”
“I love that I will have the opportunity to connect further with my fans through 'MyNBA2K17.'”
“When you have a player like Tyus Jones, instantly chemistry is made.”
“It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor that night.”
“Flip Saunders is a great coach and a great guy. Glen Taylor is the same way. He's a great human being.”
“It doesn't matter to me where I play. It matters what you do at the place you play at.”
“When you have a person like him who is going to tell you throughout the year about how to deal with little bumps in the road as the No. 1 pick, there's no one better to have than Andrew Wiggins.”