The competitive spirit of basketball is slowly leaking out. Taking pride in one-on-one defense is slowly leaking out. It's more about selling calls and flopping.

I just don't go out of my way to impress anybody. You either appreciate me for who I am or you don't. That's just the way it is. I'm comfortable in my own skin.

I have my family, my loved ones and they love me for who I am.

People don't like when people are straight forward. They like things to be sugar coated. They like to beat around the bush. I'm not that type of person.

I've been the type to just get up and go or I'm finding something to do, I'm on some type of grind every single day.

Health is probably the No. 1 thing that gets overlooked for a player.

I'm goofy. I like to have fun. I'm always joking around.

I'm human. I mean, I'm not always happy.

I'm a guy with a big heart who cares about people.

What people don't realize is that this is the entertainment business.

I just control what I control.

I want my family and myself to be comfortable wherever I am at the time, and just be able to relax and kind of let my hair down.

I don't want to be Boogie. I just wanna be DeMarcus.

Some of what I get, I deserve; I do some dumb stuff sometimes. But I do not deserve the perception that I have.

A lot of the mistakes I made were my fault.

If I started smiling all the time, people would say, 'DeMarcus must not care anymore.'

I don't do things to be rewarded. I help people because it's the right thing to 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.

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

Who knew I was blowing my Achilles?

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

My main purpose every night is to win a game.

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

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