My requirement of my fitness level is different than some players.
— J. J. Redick
Tattoos are a thing I've never really planned out. They just kind of happen spontaneously, on a whim. It's kind of like curating a watch collection, it just kind of happens. I like it to happen organically.
Every situation I've been in in my career, you just sort of adapt, and figure out where you can be effective.
Would I want to get traded again midseason? Hopefully, never.
I feel like I'm a guy who consistently makes the right play and the right reads offensively and that helps my teammates.
Obviously, you look at a situation and you say, 'What do I need to do to fit in?' I looked at the Clippers and said, 'I really need to work on my dunk shots.'
I think the coach-player relationship is a two-way thing. You have to be willing to take suggestions as a player and vice versa.
My thing is just trying to figure out how we can win ball games.
I think with defense especially, you have your core principles. If you do those consistently, then it's easy to make, sort of, game-to-game adjustments. But, when you're not doing your core principles consistently, you end up just guessing a lot. To be honest with you, that's what bad teams do.
Our job collectively, players and coaches, is to figure out a way to play that we can put ourselves in a position to win.
Generally speaking, you want to put three or four shooters around a dominant center and have him just roll to the basket.
I was never a very adventurous eater growing up, despite the fact that my mother is a nutritionist and my parents have always had a garden in our yard.
Basketball is like the one game I can't figure out when it comes to videogames.
As a shooter, you always want to be in a rhythm.
Kobe never got complacent. He always wanted more. And I think, ultimately, that's going to be his legacy.
I'm from the middle of nowhere, Virginia.
I played ACC and NCAA Tournament games in my backyard - these imaginary games - and when I finally got to experience it in real life, it was better than I could imagine.
I think winning Game 7s, it's an incredible feeling.
I'm no dummy. So much of the NBA is just fit and situation, and I always say this, for 85 to 90 percent of the league, your performance is often dictated by your situation and your coaches.
Anything I can use on the court to help me is good.
My second year was particularly difficult because I had high expectations.
I think I can pass the ball pretty well and I move the ball.
I always feel like you can get better in any area.
It's always a great joy to give back.
I think anytime you have expectations for your team and for yourself and you have goals that you want to accomplish you can't overlook the small stuff and the baby steps.
It's certainly a different feel in the locker room after the game when you win.
Most of my shots are threes and long 2-point jumpers.
As I finished up my time at Duke, I certainly wasn't a 'foodie' but I was learning to enjoy the finer things in the culinary world.
To use a phrase that I don't often use, the NBA is very much a woke league. It's at the forefront of a lot of things - training, fashion, food, diet.
I played videogames growing up, but my parents really monitored how much I was playing.
I shoot my highest percentage from the right corner, and it's also the shortest shot.
I've never valued material things. I've always been more attached to people. The pursuit of material things takes time, and I realized my time is very valuable especially during the season. My time with my kids, what I do to take care of my body, and of course any intellectual pursuits I may have on the side. Those are all things that I value.
I watch video now of me in college, and I just think, What are you doing, man?
There needs to be a dialogue between coaches, fans, players and administrators to promote positivity in the stands.
I would never say never, but it's not in my plans to be a coach.
In terms of my career, it's been a lot of incremental improvement slowly over time.
I feel like every guy has a job to do on the defensive end, and that job can change night to night. My biggest thing is, I try to do my job, and compete.
I feel so fortunate to have great coaching. Coaches that have taught me great habits and taught me great things about basketball and life, but I've always played for coaches who have held me accountable and that's made me a better player and person.
I feel like when I look back at my career I've always done better and I've always been happier when there's more expectation and more pressure.
I didn't like the way I shot the ball in Milwaukee, so I worked really hard on my shooting - threes off the move and off the catch. And also continued to work on my ball-handling and my in-between game - my runners and floaters.
I don't care about starting or coming off the bench or anything like that. To me, whatever role I'm in I'm going to try to help us win.
I always enjoy competition.
There's certain points in the season - I think players go through it and teams go through it - where you just have stretches and you're stuck in a rut or you feel like nothing's going right. You just got to keep grinding, and eventually it'll turn.
I think anytime you have any sort of injury, you know I've come back from a pulled hamstring in college one time, foot injuries. The movement that causes the initial jolt of pain you always kind of are tentative when you have to make that movement, especially as you kind of build back up.
When I was at Duke, I finally had an avocado - accidentally - on a turkey sandwich. I was hooked. Next thing I know, I couldn't get enough guacamole.
I listen to a lot of hip hop artists, and I think hip hop and poetry go hand in hand. The 'Def Jam Poetry' on HBO is just so sick to me.
I like to write, I like to reflect, and not just poetry, I like to write my thoughts down. I think it's good for people who are more introspective, and it helps me get a better understanding of myself.
I'm very proud of my time at Duke, my career at Duke, but as you get older and become an adult, you lose some head bobs. That's not part of the routine anymore.
I'm a Christopher Nolan fiend. I love 'Inception,' 'Interstellar,' 'The Prestige,' 'Memento' and of course the Batman trilogy. I love all his movies.
Out of all the records, my proudest was breaking Coach Johnny Dawkins's scoring record.
