Quotes from Joel Embiid

I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.

I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

I'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.

Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.

If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.

I love when people talk trash.

I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

In a season, you're going to go through slumps.

When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.

I really feel like I have the potential - and I'm not even kidding about it - I have the potential to be the best player in the league.

If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.

People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.

Trust 'The Process.'

We're always going to be trusting the process.

Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.

One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.

There's definitely a lot of undiscovered talent in Africa. If I'm one of them and there's a few other guys in the league, that means that there must be some that are hidden.

I want to get in there and jump in the stands and dive for every loose ball.

I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.

When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.

I look like I'm not listening, but I'm actually listening. I like listening to everything, observing everybody, just taking everything in, and then, in my mind, figuring out what's good for me and what's bad for me.