Well, my dad did a lot of Kung Fu when I was growing up, so he taught me a lot about mental toughness. Ways to slow your heart rate down, slow your breathing down to take control of your body so you can push yourself to the next limit.

Learning to meditate is one of my earliest memories. I started when I was maybe three or four. I mean, I didn't know I was meditating. I just thought it was a weird game my dad had invented.

The best part of watching kung fu movies with my dad was the conversations they sparked. We never watched them just for fun. 'Do you see how good his balance is?' My dad would always zero in on really specific stuff like that. Everything had a potential lesson.

I grew up in a kung fu house. It wasn't until I got older that I discovered that most families didn't talk about the Shaolin Temple or Jackie Chan at the dinner table.

The first martial arts movie I ever watched was this old Chinese film called 'Five Deadly Venoms.' I was seven years old. My dad and I were sitting in front of the TV on the floor in our living room.

It was a lot of fun to grow up in Canada.

I remember playing hockey as a kid - I was goalie in gym class and I was pretty good at it. But basketball was my passion. As a kid I went to class, came back from school, did my homework and went straight across the street to practice.

Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.'

I know how to come off a handoff and a pin down.

Meditation helps me see things clearer. When things are going fast, it helps me slow them down.

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next shot.

My dad is the person who taught me how important the mental side of the game is. He studied kung fu growing up and he taught me how to meditate when I was a kid.

I had surgery on my core muscles. They were ripping apart.

The main thing is being consistent, being efficient and getting good looks, moving the ball when you can and knocking down my free throws.

Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.

I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.

I've been scoring a lot longer than I haven't been in my life, so I can deal with the ups and downs of it.

I'm not the person that when he has an off shooting game is going to make excuses.

When you are a rookie you are going through everything for the first time, your first DNP, your first not seeing eye to eye with a coach, first understanding trades happen, guys making more money play more. I was overwhelmed. I had a lot of maturing to do.

My passion and love for the game has always kept me going.

Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.

I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.