My main thing over the years is to try to get on a team and be on a team that wins games.

With a fast pace world and wanting to reach and accomplish goals sometimes we neglect to pause and just enjoy the moment.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

It's second nature. You just get out there and play basketball.

I've been around the league for a while. I know the business of the league. Some stuff, like my mom said, you let it roll off your back like water on a duck's back. You keep moving on.

I think that's one of the advantages for me. I know I have so much to learn. I have to grow. It allows me to look at my mistakes and evaluate them and try to see how I can do better.

Scoring, that's my thing... Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o, those were the guys that we looked at as kids like, 'Man, they're doing it, and they're doing it at a high level.' We would see them on TV. So, it wasn't much about basketball, to be honest, it was just those type of athletes. Those guys were the guys that we looked at as kids.

I play for something bigger than basketball.

My dad is a part of who I am, and he was a very hard working person and someone who worked to achieve his goals and make sure his family is straight and I always admired that. My mom worked so hard. I had two hard-working parents around me.

I always thought I could do everything that a guard could do.

It doesn't matter where you get drafted.

For me, I had to believe in myself, and work hard.

If I'm starting, I'm gonna do that, that's the main goal for me, to be the best player I can be. But being on the bench, I'll be the best I can be and help the team to the best of my ability.

As an NBA player you want to help your team win at any cost, that's my main goal.

It's the NBA. It's a business.

I've always been a hard worker.

I just put in a lot of work and a lot of hours in the gym just working on my game.

To be honest, I see more championships, I see MVP, I see so much more that I can accomplish. There's no reason to be satisfied.

I said before, I want to be a starter, I want to be an all-star - not a borderline all-star.

When you get minutes and you have the trust of the coaches and guys just letting you play your game and be yourself, it definitely helps.

I just work and continue to do whatever I can do to get to the highest level I can get. If that's an All-Star? Sure, I'll take it. But I don't have my mind set on that.

For me, I don't put a cap on what I can accomplish, right?

I just want to keep working and keep getting better and I'm always going to get better.

I think that's the beauty of it - knowing you're not where you want to be, there is something new you can learn every day. That gets you excited.