Alabama's a football state and you really don't get too many basketball players out there.
— Eric Bledsoe
Once you see the leader of the team, the point guard of the team who has the ball pretty much the whole time in the game directing everybody, I think it just rubs off on everybody.
I like any challenge.
I think it is a sign that the team cares about the game and everyone else on the team and the coaching staff. Everyone comes in to work and that is all that you can ask for.
The point guard is the most important position on the court. They often have to be the best player, not by choice but because that's what the game demands as far as all the thinking you have to do and picking and choosing when to score or pass, things like that.
I love the fans. I hope they love me back.
The guys I came up with would always tell me that no matter if we're up or down, if you go in, get in there and play hard. But just know that sometimes you just have to be patient and wait your turn.
I have shot a basketball my whole life and it is both physical and it is mental as well. Overall I think confidence plays a huge role in shooting.
I did one year of college, so I was only in Lexington for one year.
I was always in so much of a hurry when I was playing a backup role - just doing everything.
I still play my fast-paced style but when the game slows down it allows you to see the little things - the right passes, where to lay the ball up.
I just have to bring the energy and play my game.
In big cities, things go by too fast.
For me, it's all just about playing my game.
People will trust you a lot more if you show them you care about them besides basketball. It's deeper.
That's the main thing on defense: focus, patience and staying as one unit.
That's what most players know about me, that I can change the game without scoring or even having a good offensive night.
That's what good players do, try to help their team.
You've got to find ways to affect the game, whether it's key stops, key plays, anything.
I had some great vets to learn from.
I think that I can get into the paint anytime I want to. What I have learned is that when I do get into the paint, I do have options.
In college, playing the two guard, I found a way to get drafted.
At the end of the day, a point guard's got to do his job.
Unfortunately I couldn't play as much as I wanted in Los Angeles, because I was playing behind an All-Star.
Just because you are living the dream making millions of dollars doesn't mean you don't go through problems.
I think the best time to learn things is when you're hurt. Just sitting back and observing to see how you can be effective in certain parts of the games is important.
The Suns keep great point guards here.
I've always cared about my teammates, but it's about being vocal and letting them know I care about them... not just on the basketball court.
You definitely have to have a sense of humor. It's not always serious when it comes to basketball.
I can always make trouble for who I guard and control the effort I bring.
If you don't feel bad when you play bad, you don't need to be playing this game. That's the feeling that drives you to success.
Sometimes the ball isn't always going to bounce your way. But you've got to find a way to affect the game.
Before I joined the Clippers I played basketball at the University of Kentucky. There the game of basketball is very important. It is important for the fans. There is not a lot to do there so they really support the team. It is hard to describe. The fans, the coaching staff, the basketball program is everything and the kids who go there love it.
With my game, my biggest asset is being a point guard who can get into the paint.
Any position I was going to be in, I was going to make the best of it. I always do.
You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't bring it every night then nothing matters.
Sometimes if I get too aggressive, I get real winded.
The people who watch you on the court often don't know you as an actual person - a human being.
Now I'm fast and under control. I can just play, seeing the game slower now.
