Quotes from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

You've got the same rhythm every day just to keep you going. So once that rhythm is broken, it's kind of hard to get back with it when you got a lot of things going on.

Going to the rim, you either get fouled or get an easy two.

I'm a shooter and shooters shoot.

I built my career in the league playing defense and making shots, and also making plays when I needed to.

It'd be nice to settle down in a great home instead of just moving around and stuff like that.

When I defend, it keeps me patient and lets my game come to me on the offensive end.

If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.

You can learn a lot. You can learn how to win. You can learn how to be coached.

Put on about 10 more pounds, that'd be good for me and the development of my game.

To play the game at this level, I've got to continue to get better. I've got to stay consistent, still work on my ballhandling and I've got to become a great defender.

My teammates are part of my family as well.

My teammates are incredible. Just to be a part of this organization and this group, it's amazing with all the history behind the Lakers; I'm just glad to be a part of it.

No one gets beat by 61 and then come out and plays flat the next game.

I can't let my frustration get the best of me.

That's part of my game: just running the wing, defending.

That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.

I've been working hard to get playing time, just for whatever. I'm up for whatever I can earn.

Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.

I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.

He's a great shot-blocker. So once you go in there, you've got to either get into his body and get an and-one, or you've got to drive and kick. It's not all about trying to force the shot over a shot-blocker like Nerlens Noel. You've got to kick it.

I just got to be ready to knock down shots.

When I get up, I usually have a missed call from either my sons or my wife. Every day we try to talk on FaceTime, try to talk after practice and stuff like that throughout the day. Try to stay in contact as much as possible.

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

I like scary movies. I like the mystery that leaves you wanting to watch the next one.