God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

People say they hate having fake people around, but when you keep it real, they hate you even more. People don't like the truth.

The body can take you wherever your mind goes. If I can do it in my mind, I think my body will follow.

You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, 'He's a thug.' But I'm a competitor.

I'm big when it comes to respect. But it's a two-way street, in my eyes.

No matter how much time there is, if guys can come together and mesh and play with some type of chemistry, you're going to win games.

Hopefully with my so-called celebrity, I can help open more people's eyes to Epilepsy disorders.

I get out in the 'hoods. I want to go to the worst, the grimiest places. That's where I want to be. Those are usually the kids or the communities that kind of get left behind or forgotten about. I feel like I was in that situation at one point. That's where my mindset is and that's what I stand for.

I loved my experience in college.

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

Social media is the devil. Absolute devil. Oh, my God. It's the worst thing ever.

Sometimes I let some of the small things take over. It can be a simple thing, like a call going the wrong way, and it takes me all off.

I've never been a guy who plays the political game. It's either right or wrong; that's how I was raised.

Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it's against guys around the corner, I'm going to play.

When they say I'm a bad teammate and that I got a coach fired, that irritates the hell out of me. The biggest thing for me is to always have respect for my teammates. And then the whole Westphal thing - the man got himself fired. He was losing before I got here.

A close friend of mine's daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy and battled seizures her first 2 years so this cause hits close to home. She ended up having brain surgery and has been seizure-free since. It really is an incredible story. Anything I can do to help promote Epilepsy awareness, I am with it.

You make yourself be whatever the hell you want to be, at the end of the day.

Nobody can tell you what your destiny is.

I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

The beginning to correcting all of our mistakes is communication.

Believe in yourself.

Dream big and anything is possible.

I don't like to be proved wrong.

I know who I am as a person. And the people that matter around me know who I am.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

So you know, the people that do know me, they know I can be very stubborn.

I'm a Mobile, Alabama kid.

We in a nasty business, at times. I don't even say that in a good or bad way. It's just no place to get too emotional.

When it was clear I couldn't stay in New Orleans, I went out and created what would end up being the best opportunity for myself. I asked my agent to set up a call with the Warriors. I knew they could use a big.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

I've kind of been doubted my whole life. I use that as fuel to continue to push every single day.

I love it here in New Orleans.

There are ignorant individuals in every city.

If you was somewhere walking down the street and somebody says something crazy to you, you're going to react. So just because it's a basketball event doesn't mean those emotions go out the door or us being a human being goes out the door. It's the same thing.

I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.

I'm not going to sit here and say I'm innocent, because I've done things. But to get the reputation that I've got, I don't think I've done enough. I don't have a criminal record.

Coming into the league, everyone said I was going to be fat, I was the next Oliver Miller. I had all these red flags. I just feel I was never given a fair chance coming in.

I'm an emotional guy. It's as simple as that.

I want to put Sacramento back on the map.

This is a frustrating sport. There are a lot of emotions involved.

You are either with me or you're not.

I'm a good guy.

I didn't have the best Christmases, but my mom and family did what they could.

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.

My main purpose every night is to win a game.

I never in a million years would have thought I would end up with Golden State.

Who knew I was blowing my Achilles?

I love the game. I think that's obvious, and I'm very passionate in what I do.

If you judge me only by my profession, you don't know me at all. Those people who do that? They'll never know me.