Quotes from Willie Cauley-Stein

When I get to Sacramento, I'm going to work my tail off trying to become a complete player and hopefully bring a championship to the city.

You've got the power to change people's lives just by talking to them for a few minutes or by smiling at them. It makes you feel kinda weird, but it can also make you feel really good.

I love the game, but I'm not going to play the game for the rest of my life, so you need something else you're good at, another passion. You have to be well-rounded, or else you're going to burn out, and you'll lose passion for what you're doing.

I probably started painting when I was in preschool.

You're a pick-and-pop guy sometimes. You can get rolling with what the defense gives you.

I have a tattoo on my arm that says, 'The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.'

Seeing my teammates happy is more fun than me actually doing something.

When your teammates are telling you to score and telling you to shoot 3s, when you ain't shot a 3 in your whole life, that's cool. I mean, that makes you feel good. and, like, all the work you've put in, they are telling you to show what you have been working on.

I'm talented enough to do a lot of different things.

One of the best ways to express yourself is the way you dress.

I love being at Kentucky. I love the fan base. I love the community. I love the people there. So it's like, why not stay until they make you leave?

I'm trying to be a franchise player one day.

I have an advantage over most big guys - I'm quicker and faster.

You get a chance to get the ball every time, you're gonna do better quicker, and you're gonna gain experience faster.

Every possession matters, and everything goes down to the wire.

Defense is natural. Defense is a reaction. Offense - you've gotta do the moves; you've gotta get it down pat.

My grandparents have taught me that since I was younger: just to be involved in a whole bunch of different things so you don't get burnt out, and you know what you like to do and what you don't like to do.

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

I think it's getting proven I've got good mechanics; I make my free throws. I handle the ball, too. I can do a lot of things I didn't do in college.

With my grandparents, it was almost like a hippie lifestyle. I could do whatever I wanted. If I didn't want to do my homework, I didn't do it.

Like, I did baseball, football, or track - I never really worked on a sport every day for years like most kids that hoop.

You hoop with a certain expression. That's your art. You've crafted it, so it is your art.

I just want to hoop freely.

I'd never think about not hooping. I'm always thinking about doing something with hoops or what can I work on today that's going to make me better for tomorrow.