Quotes from Jahlil Okafor

I just want to go to the right environment for me and the right team.

I think I'm a great teammate.

It feels good when your teammates are telling you on the bench that they're hyped.

I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids. I tell them you have to be dedicated, have to decide if you want to be a serious basketball player or not. They always ask, 'What if you get discouraged?' You have to remember what your goal was in the first place.

I've always gotten credit for being a big man who doesn't want to shoot threes. Throughout my entire basketball career prior to coming to the NBA, I was praised for doing that.

I have a lot of eyes on me because of basketball, a lot of young people looking up to me. It's made me grow up faster.

I get that every game. High school. At Duke. When I do the introductions, I get a little butterflies. Once I step on the floor, I'm fine.

I've always been a basketball player. My earliest memories are of playing basketball. I was born playing it. It's why I'm so comfortable on the floor.

When I pictured myself in the NBA, I always imagined myself with an older guy taking me under his wing.

I pray to my mother before every game. She passed away when I was 9, but I always consider her my wings on the floor, my extra step, my extra focus, my extra everything, to watch over me when I'm on the court. It takes some pressure off you when you feel like you have your mother above watching you. And I always pray to God for guidance.

I'm a winner. I've always been a winner.

You have half a second to make your mind up to know if you're going to shoot, pass, drive. Don't hold the ball too long, and make your decision quick.

I think from losing my mother, I appreciate having good people around me.

There are guys like Chance the Rapper; I'm a big fan of his.

There's a lot of pride I have coming from Chicago because so many great players have done so many great things in the league. I definitely want to keep that tradition going. So yeah, I want to represent Chicago in the best light possible.

I can score from 18 to 20 feet out, handle the ball, pass. I don't consider myself an old-school center.

I set really high expectations.

I do three different workouts a day. In total, it's about six or seven hours.

Around sixth or seventh grade, I fell in love with Tim Duncan and his all-around game. That's when I started watching him. Then my father introduced me to Hakeem Olajuwon. Those were the two guys I modeled my game after.

My rookie season, I wore 8 because I had wanted 15, but it's retired in Philadelphia. I had worn 15 in college.

There's three banners I want to hang - ACC regular championship, ACC tournament championship, and, of course, the national championship.

When I found out that I'd been traded to Brooklyn - it was pretty much the best feeling in the world.

I remember my first camps when I was in high school, freshman year. I did a LeBron James camp, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever.

Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level.