Mohamed Bamba

“With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.”

“The relationships that I've built there, and the people that I've come across, I met some of my best friends in life at the University of Texas.”

“Tony Bradley is pretty good.”

“Being told to get out, not being afraid to fail and try new things - that really makes a difference.”

“A 7-footer who hits a step-back jumper - that's a pretty unicorn-like thing. Or someone who blocks a shot off the top of the backboard, pushes it in transition, and finds a shooter in the corner - that's pretty unicorn-like.”

“Coach Smart, he's given me so much freedom to sort of grow into who I was.”

“I got everything I wanted out of Texas. Obviously, you'd love to win more. You'd love to win a national championship and compete at that level. But as far as relationships and development, I couldn't be happier.”

“I'm going to be a guy who can defend a bunch of different positions.”

“I'm really considering all the schools. It's not fair for me to only look at certain... programs just because they had players that are at my stature.”

“It feels great when you work on something so long, and you see signs of growth. When you see it starting to pay off, it's such a great feeling.”

“You gotta deal with a lot of people, the naysayers... but I've always been the guy who kinda just smiles and laughs at it. I use it as constructive criticism to be honest. Whether they're intentionally trying to be kind of spiteful or not, it's constructive criticism because you can't say there's always truth to it but there's definitely something.”

“I love traveling. I love basketball.”

“What makes me unique is my ability to adapt to different situations and switch onto smaller guards and stay out there. Another component to being out there on the floor - and this is something that I learned as my college career went on - was staying on the floor, literally, comes down to not picking up fouls.”

“There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.”

“A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that's something I should really work on.”

“If you look at all the great shot-blockers of all time, they had length, and they had instincts. Even when you look at guards, like Dwyane Wade. He's one of the best shot-blocking guards ever, and he has great instincts. He's kind of cat-like.”

“As much as I hate that it's a business decision - like, I'm just picking a school - it really is a business decision. I really don't see anything wrong with waiting it out.”

“I honestly think, rebounding, it takes a couple of things to be a good rebounder... It takes motor. It takes effort. It takes a lot of things. It takes game reps.”

“Some kids have lifelong dreams of wanting to play in the NBA.”

“Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.”