Quotes from Iman Shumpert

My worst day, I'm just going to try and smile.

I wish I was in my 20s during the '90s to really fully live it. I feel like that was a pretty exciting time being from Chicago, seeing Jordan win six rings.

I'm a Kanye fan.

Of course there's going to be times when I'm going to have to step up and knock down corner 3s, but I don't want to settle all the time.

I can do whatever I want.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

I want a woman to walk past and say, "I would love to be in a picture with him."

Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that.

I wanted to go the NBA and win a championship because I've never seen a grown man cry the way Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan cried when they won a championship.

I asked Tyson Chandler who has to customize everything because he's 7-foot-1. He's said, always call a designer. You want to wear certain stuff but people don't make it.

It doesn't matter because I want to be that guy who you never know what I'm going to wear.

It's hard to want to let somebody into your house.

I mean, shout out to the people that get dressed everyday and want to take that picture everyday. I would much rather post pictures of [my girlfriend] than of myself.

Ray Allen's diet was insane. He was trying to break it down to me what he ate and how disciplined he tries to stay. When you're a 21 year-old, you're not used to that. He was doing Paleo and experimenting with all types of things.

I believe all men that are desired by masses of women due to looks, drive, and character are all more than likely to be seeing multiple women (Rightfully so if they are single).

You may have to change how you guard somebody because of how they play. But the mindset stays the same - making people uncomfortable, making them do what you want them to do instead them dictating on offense.

I was always growing, so it made no sense for my mom and dad to load me up with a bunch of clothes. But I hated coming to school and feeling like a girl could be like, 'Iman's probably gon' wear this today.' So I would always have to mix and match and find a way to look different. I took a lot of pride in that.

Everything was always a pretty up and down for me. It's always been an uphill battle as far as getting respect goes.

My job is to pay attention to the feel of the game and always add a positive energy to it on my team through the ups and downs of the game.

If the offensive player starts losing confidence, that gets the defender's confidence up - and I think the team can feel it.

Me and Bianca [Stewart] would go to thrift stores like the Salvation Army. We'd pick up dope stuff no one ever heard of. But we'd put it together in ways that would work and be different.

I can't have people always having their opinions floating my way.

I ain't got time to pay somebody to drive my vehicle.

I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write it down on my notepad in my iPhone.