Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don't know if it's the weather or the hard times. It's like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough.

I'm going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be.

I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.

At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man.

When you're 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can't move as fast or jump as high.

I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me.

That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.

You've just got to earn my respect.

Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning.

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

I have a great smile. A lot of people don't know that.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me.

It's the way of life in Saginaw. If you're not tough, you don't survive.

I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don't make shots, it's not an assist.

I'm blessed, and... all the time, I sit and think, 'Wow.'

Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down.

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.

I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream.

After a game, I really just relax with the family.

I wouldn't necessarily say I'm arrogant. I'm just confident.