I'll let my game speak for itself.

The Lakers fanbase is enormous. Getting the fans on our side is a huge advantage for us.

It's hard to keep a positive attitude coming to work every day, feeling like you're getting better when the same result is losing.

L.A. has so much to offer. So I want to take advantage of it.

I know my work ethic and know what I've put in to get where I'm at.

The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless basketball.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.

The older you get, the more you start to understand your body, so I try to just focus on my body every summer.

I really didn't get to experience college. I enjoyed Ohio State, but I didn't feel like I had a chance to live the college life. When some guys got bored, they went out partying or to the student center. When I got bored, I went to the gym.

When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

Not a lot of teams take you into consideration, like a lot of teams can easily decide to if you're hurt or anything, make you go play.

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

If you're starting to lose the love of the game, it means you're not going to work as hard.

There's something about playing in junior and being with your buddies all the time and going through that run, it's hard not to fall in love with it.

I love the game so much and I work hard at it and I have a lot of fun with it.

I'm trying to work on it - not cheating, stopping in the 'D' zone, all that kind of stuff.

You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.

I'm a guy who wants to make a lasting impression on hockey, and if I'm going to do that, I have a lot more work to do than just one season.

It's all about team accolades.

For me, the first thing I do when I know I have to do the fastest skater is check my edges and make sure there's no nicks or anything like that.

Everyone cheats.

Being solid in your own zone, being a good faceoff guy, those are things that are all important as you go deep in the playoffs.

I've been lucky to be surrounded by some good hockey minds.