Quotes from Julius Randle

I meditate before every game, I try to meditate every day.

I want to retire as a New York Knick.

I've always been fortunate and blessed enough to have the right people in my life.

Before I ever had the idea of doing the partnership and deal with Celsius, I was already drinking it at my house for over a year. My family, everybody loves to drink it. It's authentic to me in that sense and as far as energy drinks it's really hard to find a good option as far as being healthy.

A lot of things about my way of leadership is to be vocal, but I try to lead by example - how I approach work and study the game. Do the things the right way. It's a great responsibility I love to have.

I'm trying so hard to win or make the right play or whatever, that you know, it kind of comes off as being selfish, but I'm not, I'm just used to being the guy.

Not much can really shake me.

I just worry about every year trying to add something to my game, come back a better player.

Honestly, for me only playing 14 minutes my rookie year and breaking my leg. To be able to play all 82, that was really cool for me... That was, for me, a huge accomplishment. Something I'm really proud of for sure.

LeBron had a pretty bad draft suit.

I started getting into clothes when I was really young. And then I went through a phase in middle school where I didn't care at all. But after that, after high school, I really got into high fashion. Balmain, Givenchy, Louboutin, all that.

I'm like, 'No, I don't wanna be the next Shaq. I wanna be Kobe.' So I always just dribbled the ball everywhere I went... It was kind of a natural thing. I don't even work on it, honestly.

All my teammates, everybody, they trust me and empower me. I just wanna thank them for allowing me to lead them. And then my family, my wife, my son, everybody, like everybody, has played a part in helping me continue to become the best version of me on and off the court.

If you ask Thibs the most important thing is winning games, so that's all he cares about - that's all we care about.

It's just an honor to wear the U.S.A. across your chest.

My mom is my biggest supporter. She's been there since day one. She's always going to have my back.

I'm not a selfish player - never been a selfish player in my life. Always been about the team.

I want to be coached.

I will say this about Thibs, he's a tough coach if you don't like to be coached or if you don't like to play or do things the right way, then he's tough.

I don't sweat bad games.

For me, as a 19-year-old kid going to L.A.? I ate whatever I wanted. I ate all the fast foods, the sweets - that was nothing to me. Now, I'm very conscious of what I eat.

I can play small ball because I can guard multiple positions because I can really move.

I'm a person who wants to affect a lot of people's lives in a positive way. That's what God put me on earth to do.

Honestly, Thibs is a dog. He's a guy that is an extreme competitor and very aware of everything that's going on. Takes each possession like it's our last, and really coaches with the type of intensity and passion that you want from a coach.