Lonzo Ball

“It's my life, it's up to me what I want to do with it. And I'm realizing that.”

“The way I play, I like to be free.”

“It's my life, my career. I'm making all the decisions now.”

“If I'm open, I'm shooting.”

“If you see me, you're going to hear some type of music coming out of me.”

“Once you believe in yourself, you can pretty much do whatever you want in my opinion, so that is the main thing.”

“I know I play with a lot of passion, but from the outside looking in, people say, 'He's passive. Doesn't play hard.' And others say, 'It just comes easy to him. He's smooth.' That's just how I play. Always been the same person.”

“I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.”

“It helps me get rebounds, I can see over the defense pretty easily, and yeah, I thank God he blessed me with height.”

“I've always been a fan of rap music.”

“I just go out there and play basketball.”

“There's no off nights. When you think it's an off night, it's not.”

“Real hip-hop is Migos, Future.”

“Obviously if your head coach expects more of you, you bring it to the table.”

“If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.”

“Ever since I was a kid I've been rapping.”

“I'm going to have confidence in myself. That's how I try to play.”

“We're competitors.”

“Magic Johnson is one of the greatest players to ever play... he's the best point guard to ever play, so I can learn a lot of things from him.”

“My family's always going to be together.”