I have excellent balance. That's a learned behavior.

I was very disciplined growing up. If I didn't want to run hills, I ran hills; if I didn't want to jog around the block, I jogged around the block.

My dad knows me better than anybody else. He probably knows me better than me.

We make mistakes, but we learn from them.

I have to try to help lead my team to win by any means.

I always bounce back.

Coach Cal really makes you look good.

I really pride myself on playing for Canada and representing the country in any way I can.

I don't want to be hitting one day then not hitting my shots the next day.

My defence, that is something I can better at individually.

The margin between winning and losing is slim.

Everything is good when you're winning. But true colors come out when you lose.

Not every cop is bad, not every white person is bad or racist.

When I was six years old, I was always playing with the 10-year-olds. When I was 10, I was always playing with the 14-year-olds.

At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right into my shot - don't focus on the defender.

We can't get down on one loss or one bad defensive play. We gotta play through it.

It's cool to be a pioneer in something, especially in basketball in Canada, it's pretty good.

It's cool to turn some heads.

I always wanted to get better, I always wanted to be the best, and I knew from a young age, so I kept putting in the hard work and kept training around the outside courts outside my house and it paid off.

Toronto is one of the biggest spots for music; Caribana and OVO Fest and all that stuff, it's a lot of fun.

I play instruments and stuff, but I can't rap or anything like that.

I don't let other people get under my skin.

I just play the game. I'm used to trash talking.

I have the mind of a 1 in a 2-guard's body.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

I'm a big guard, whether a 1 or 2.

When guys get competitive and get under each other's skin, it brings you out more. Some people fold.

I'm just trying to be aggressive. Be aggressive with my shot. Be aggressive going to the rim.

When I'm talking to my teammates, being the vocal leader, going up and down, pushing everyone, they tend to follow.

It's not just passing, I gotta play defense, I gotta rebound, I gotta talk, I could have 40 and not talk and not bring energy. But it's just trying to have an all-around game, just trying to be the leader I can be, get the pace up.

I really wanted to step up my defense night in, night out. So that's my mindset, just playing defense and trying to be consistent with that.

I love to challenge people.

You see who the real people are when they're challenged.

Everybody knows when I get in the zone... I just kind of go crazy. I have a lot of fun.

I love the game, play with passion.

When Joker hits his three, it opens up the game for everybody.

I always try to demand greatness from myself.

Hockey and soccer weren't my thing.

I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.

The point guard thing was I had to figure out how to score when I'm hot, and how to distribute and make sure everybody is happy. Because I can be happy scoring the ball. But when everybody isn't touching the ball, and we're not making the defense move, it's kind of pointless. So, I've got to find a way to keep everybody in the loop.

Confidence is always there. If I miss one I'm shooting the next one.

It's kind of like, I'm just a guard.

I've had broken fingers and still played for Team Canada.

Just wanting to play, I think that's my biggest attribute, just wanting to play through whatever I have to in order to go out and compete.

Having the coach trust in me, that means a lot.

When me and Joker are on, I don't think there's anyone who can stop us.

We all have to get better as human beings and that's something you can't really get away from.

For it not to be safe for kids in school, it's tragic.

When you're successful, a professional athlete, you can help a lot of others.

When we go out and play the teams that we need to beat that aren't near our level, then we've got to go out there and blow them out.