Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.

When you gel together as a team, you don't have to go out there and try to beat the world by yourself.

Defense leads to offense.

My dad's been a big part of it too. He's helped me with a lot of things, being aggressive and showing me little advantages I can use.

I know there are a lot of eyes on me.

If you're only going to work but not take from your experience on the court, nothing is going to happen for you.

It was a hell of an experience playing for your country.

It hurts a lot just losing by three or four points.

When you travel around to the other side of the world, and you really only know your teammates, it's good to have someone else to hang out with, someone from home you can share time with in another...

The signing bonus is a ton of money, especially for a 21-year-old. But I'm not going to live off that money. At some point, I'm going to live off a college degree.

You know, I'm from a town of 1200 people.

I want to win a championship. That's it.

For me, it's about making the winning plays, making the right plays, making the basketball plays and being aggressive whether it's on defense or offense.

It is my job to go out there and bring energy and get stops on the defensive end.

Since I was growing up, I was always the younger one playing with older guys. They called me Young Bull and that just stuck.

Five seconds is a long time when it comes to basketball.

Nothing guarantees a championship. Nothing. Not having the best players, not practicing the most. Your best chance is if you do the right thing every day.

I guess you kind of take what the defense gives you. You don't always want to just force it.

My parents taught me a great thing when I was a little kid to not read newspapers or follow the media.

I've told people before, 'All I need is a chance. Just wait. I'm going to show what I can do.'

When you know you're gonna have the opportunity to shoot the ball, because the coach draws up the play at the timeout, boom instantly you think about the play, you kind of like block away everything,...

When I wake up in the morning, I just take 10-15 minutes and just chill in there, eyes closed, and just visualize and meditate.

I have to improve everything to play with the best athletes in the world.

I'm just kind of private just because I grew up always with a camera in my face because of my father, and I was highly touted and ranked in high school. So I just like to be kind of low-key off the...

If you're not winning as a team, guys get traded, guys who were barely hanging on... get cut and are out the league and coaches get fired.

It's fun to see how the G League has grown and I'm excited to be a part of its upside and continued development.

I'm not serious most of the time.

I would straighten and dye my hair. I'd wear blue contacts to school. I got to a point when I was 16 and I realised this isn't me and this isn't who I am and I just cut that all out. I really owned...

Something that needs to be better is making sure our athletes have the right insurance claims and are protected when we're going into major tournaments and representing our countries.

You've got to stay even-keeled.