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“It's not requirement to have a point guard, you can have skill players with 3 or 4 guys on the same team playing multiple positions.”
“I always felt comfortable looking at the court.”
“I was one of the main guys on my team and you always want to check people that you're bringing in. Are they tough enough physically and mentally? Can they respond when you need them to respond?”
“I love Scottie. The guy that helped me the most those first two years was Scottie. He is so easy to play with.”
“I know that three months before the season is not enough to become a good NBA player, but it's a start.”
“Obviously, when you come onto a team that's playing in the Finals and the standards are so high that nothing but winning a championship is success, coming in new to that kind of environment, of course you're going to put pressure on yourself.”
“When you reach triple-double, you know you were involved in every part of the game.”
“When I first started playing, we practiced nine hours a day. Five and a half to six hours of those were working on the fundamentals.”
“My family, I can say, is pretty Americanized. My son has lived pretty much all his life in Chicago, my daughter was born in Chicago, we all like Chicago.”
“It is nice to start a game and feel the game from the beginning, but I have to pick up the pace when I come off the bench.”
“You never know when people with sick minds can destroy your life. It doesn't matter how well life is going on for you that moment. If that can't happen in the middle of New York City, it can happen anywhere else. If the terrorists can hit the Pentagon or the White House I don't see where it's safe.”
“I can pass the ball pretty well.”
“Everybody knows the NBA is the top of basketball in the world. The game here is more hard, more physical, faster than in Europe.”
“When you see me laughing on the court, it means I'm having fun and enjoying the game.”
“I don't think the people in Chicago really knew exactly who I was in the seven years I was there.”
“It's a saying if coach likes and sees good stuff in you and wants you to play he'll pick on you, he'll make you work and do things right. Once he stops talking to you, you know you're done.”
“Kevin Durant, to me in my personal opinion, is the best player in the NBA.”
“Plenty of times LeBron is mistaken as a point guard, which is awesome.”
“My thought is the only way I will have progress is in the NBA.”
“It feels great to have the chance to play with the Chicago Bulls.”