I've never been afraid to go against guys a little bit bigger than me.
— Terry Rozier
D-Wade is my favorite player of all time.
I am always going to keep my confidence. That's me as a person. It's helped me a lot.
Once you get comfortable playing hard, a lot of things just go your way. You just relax more, and you feel like you can do a lot of things.
When I get in there, I'm not really worried about scoring. I'm just worried about playing as hard defense as I can play, making my opponent work, and then I know the offensive end will open up for me. I've been a scorer all my life, so that's what I try to pride myself on. It feels good.
I grew up at a park, and everybody was always for themselves. I was the smallest, so I had to find a way to get my own rebounds, and it always translated throughout my whole career.
I don't really care about no hype.
I grew up at a rec center, man.
I'm going to find my minutes to do something really well to help my team. Whether that's pushing the ball really fast down the court and trying to beat them up the court, rebounding at the guard spot, or something else, I'm going to get in there and do it.
I'm already self-motivated, so I don't really pay attention what people are saying.
I didn't really care about the individual stats.
Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.
It's tough to tell a group of competitors that you'll get it next season.
I know the fans are going to end up falling in love with me and how I play the game.
I know the Boston fans are all about their basketball.
I think it shows my toughness that guys feel like I can rebound. You put me in there to rebound, and I'm gonna get the job done. Anything the coach needs me to do.
In college, the whole two years, I never sat out a practice or a game. So your body kind of wears down.
No matter if I'm playing against the best or the worst, I'm still going to play.
If you keep doing something you are good at, it's going to get you by.
Everybody will have their things to say about what I can or can't do. At the end of the day, I'm the one who has to put on the jersey and play.
I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.
I just try to play hard defensively.
Whenever I go to the gym with my trainer, we always wind time down while each of us is getting up shots, like at the end of the clock.
I'm a guy that always had to prove himself on every level I've played, always was the guy that was overlooked.
A basketball was in my hands 24/7, playing one-on-one against everybody and anybody, trying to prove against the older guys, just playing. The wind blowing outside, double rims, stuff like that, just always playing ball.
I know I have the ultimate eye of confidence to take a shot down the stretch if a coach needs me to do it.
I wake up every day like, 'How can I get better, how can I help my teammates be successful? I try to control what I can control and worry about us, nothing else.
Every game and every minute you get to step on the court is an opportunity to feel more comfortable and get better.
Spaghetti is good with ranch, and spaghetti is good with sugar. You put all of that together and make a sandwich out of it, and you get greatness. People shouldn't judge unless they try it.
I ain't got no bad blood with nobody.
You never want to hear your name get booed, but it's fine. I'm not going to let it bother me because I know what type of guy I am.
I think rebounding is more heart and toughness.
I'm a guy that, I like to learn by seeing things.
I don't ever want to get caught in the moment where I'm satisfied.
I know I can play point guard.
I'm going to keep perfecting my craft and keep getting better.
I just want to be a leader.
That's something I've always wanted to do, compete against other countries.
Going into my second Summer League, I felt like I had more knowledge. Just being around the game and learning your routines, and just learning from other guys that you're around, you feel like you pick up on a lot of stuff.
I feel like I was born a Celtic.
I just love the game.
It's all a mind thing, just all mental. You have to know going into the game you have to play at a high level, as many minutes, stuff like that. It's just all mental. You get yourself mentally prepared for it and go out there and play.
I'm not afraid of taking big shots and things like that. It's a 50-50 chance. It might go in, it might not, but I'm not scared to take it.
Any chance a rookie gets to go play in the playoffs, that should be a boost going into summer league. That should be a boost for the rest of your career. That's something that a lot of rookies can't say they did.
I want to be the best I can be and be a complete player.
I don't really like to talk too much about what I've been working on. I'm more of a 'show' type of guy.
When I wake up in the morning, I'm not worried about nobody. When I go to work, I'm not worried. That's not me trying to say how tough I am, but that's just what it is. I have no fear.
I give 110 percent, and that's in practice and every game and everything.
You can't really teach rebounding. You can teach how to box out, but rebounding, that's something you've got to have in you.
I don't trust squirrels.
