Tobias Harris

“Defensively, I'm comfortable playing the four.”

“Trust takes a lifetime to build, but only a moment to destroy. When looking to build a genuine connection with a mentor, you can simply partake in shared hobbies or activities the mentee or mentor is into, exchange stories, or partake in trust-building workshops together.”

“As a mentor, you have to be willing to put yourself in your mentee's shoes to understand their struggles that they deal with. It's not supposed to turn into a pity party by any means, but empathy speaks volumes to a mentee in need of help rather than forced sympathy.”

“You can't please everybody; everybody knows that, but at the same time all you can do is control what you can control and that's going out there as a player every single night and giving my all.”

“Whatever the circumstances, my main task is always going to be just to win the game.”

“You can never stop learning as a basketball player and it's my goal to keep growing every day.”

“Being a 19-year-old in the NBA is a dream come true.”

“Hopefully, I can keep growing as a player and have my number retired at Tennessee and in the NBA one day.”

“That's the cool thing about suits when you get in there and you customize it - you really get to find out how much flavor you've got.”

“I think that's the difference in my game compared to some other guys. I just believe in playing in the flow of the game, playing the right way with ball movement.”

“I just play the game the best that I can and all that I can control is today and where I am.”

“In any professional sports, in general, the community and the team go hand and hand.”

“I believe you have to learn how to win. And that just doesn't come from going out on the basketball court and playing. That comes from hours and hours of preparation, preparation before that game, preparation for the other team you are playing, mental preparation.”

“My thing is to put all my faith in God and embrace every moment I have.”

“To give back during a holiday where it's all about giving and being thankful - I've always been blessed to have a meal on my plate during Thanksgiving - and to spread that feeling to someone else's family, it's special. This is something that is truly important to me.”

“Being able to provide kindness to people putting their lives at risk in hospitals and supporting Philadelphia families in dire need of help is an important responsibility for me.”

“I'm able to take myself out of the celebrity bubble and the profile that I'm at, and look at what black people are going through around the country.”

“For me as a basketball player, it's about continuing to get better and continuing to grow.”

“When I do a lot of the community outreach with the youth, I can easily see the blessings that I've had in my life, even as a young kid growing up.”

“I would say one of my favorite books is 'Blood Brothers,' a documentary about Malcolm X.”