As a U.S. History major, there is something very cool about being in cities, and walking the streets of Philadelphia or Boston or New York and seeing historical sites.

Winning is really hard in this league.

As you progress as a basketball player, the world around you becomes more and more chaotic. There's more talent, there are more distractions - and these are all factors that create a lack of control. By having a routine, by having habits that I can fall back on, it's my way of enacting control. It's the only thing I can control.

My closet is my happy place.

You want your kids to grow up in a world that's better than the one you grew up in. I'm not talking about my own family's wealth. I'm talking about the actual world and all the issues that we have.

For me, I can only talk so much about basketball, and I get a little bored.

I think my confidence and competitiveness - that will - comes from my mother. I always knew my mom loved me, and she always made me feel like I was - I don't want to say 'special' - but that I was capable of doing things. Before I ever shot a basketball or before I ever threw a baseball, I had confidence, and that was from my mother.

I won't take a shot unless I think it's going to go in.

Player movement is good, and guys should be able to choose where they want to play.

Some collectors do but no, I don't look at watches as an investment.

I would much rather invest in stocks, bonds, private equity and hedge funds than watches.

My second year in the league I played zip.

When I come to the arena, my mind is on basketball, not thinking I'm walking a runway.

My last four years in Orlando, I was a really good player but I wasn't a full-time starter.

There needs to be a dialogue between coaches, fans, players and administrators to promote positivity in the stands.

I watch video now of me in college, and I just think, What are you doing, man?

I'm from the middle of nowhere, Virginia.

Kobe never got complacent. He always wanted more. And I think, ultimately, that's going to be his legacy.

As a shooter, you always want to be in a rhythm.

I like to write, I like to reflect, and not just poetry, I like to write my thoughts down. I think it's good for people who are more introspective, and it helps me get a better understanding of myself.

I played videogames growing up, but my parents really monitored how much I was playing.

Basketball is like the one game I can't figure out when it comes to videogames.

To use a phrase that I don't often use, the NBA is very much a woke league. It's at the forefront of a lot of things - training, fashion, food, diet.

I was never a very adventurous eater growing up, despite the fact that my mother is a nutritionist and my parents have always had a garden in our yard.

When I was at Duke, I finally had an avocado - accidentally - on a turkey sandwich. I was hooked. Next thing I know, I couldn't get enough guacamole.

As I finished up my time at Duke, I certainly wasn't a 'foodie' but I was learning to enjoy the finer things in the culinary world.

I think anytime you have any sort of injury, you know I've come back from a pulled hamstring in college one time, foot injuries. The movement that causes the initial jolt of pain you always kind of are tentative when you have to make that movement, especially as you kind of build back up.

Most of my shots are threes and long 2-point jumpers.

Our job collectively, players and coaches, is to figure out a way to play that we can put ourselves in a position to win.

There's certain points in the season - I think players go through it and teams go through it - where you just have stretches and you're stuck in a rut or you feel like nothing's going right. You just got to keep grinding, and eventually it'll turn.

I always enjoy competition.

I think anytime you have expectations for your team and for yourself and you have goals that you want to accomplish you can't overlook the small stuff and the baby steps.

My thing is just trying to figure out how we can win ball games.

I don't care about starting or coming off the bench or anything like that. To me, whatever role I'm in I'm going to try to help us win.

I didn't like the way I shot the ball in Milwaukee, so I worked really hard on my shooting - threes off the move and off the catch. And also continued to work on my ball-handling and my in-between game - my runners and floaters.

I always feel like you can get better in any area.

Obviously, you look at a situation and you say, 'What do I need to do to fit in?' I looked at the Clippers and said, 'I really need to work on my dunk shots.'

I feel like when I look back at my career I've always done better and I've always been happier when there's more expectation and more pressure.

I think I can pass the ball pretty well and I move the ball.

I feel so fortunate to have great coaching. Coaches that have taught me great habits and taught me great things about basketball and life, but I've always played for coaches who have held me accountable and that's made me a better player and person.

My second year was particularly difficult because I had high expectations.

Would I want to get traded again midseason? Hopefully, never.

I feel like every guy has a job to do on the defensive end, and that job can change night to night. My biggest thing is, I try to do my job, and compete.

Anything I can use on the court to help me is good.

In terms of my career, it's been a lot of incremental improvement slowly over time.

I'm no dummy. So much of the NBA is just fit and situation, and I always say this, for 85 to 90 percent of the league, your performance is often dictated by your situation and your coaches.

Tattoos are a thing I've never really planned out. They just kind of happen spontaneously, on a whim. It's kind of like curating a watch collection, it just kind of happens. I like it to happen organically.

I would never say never, but it's not in my plans to be a coach.

I think winning Game 7s, it's an incredible feeling.

My requirement of my fitness level is different than some players.