Quotes from Jordan Clarkson

I think I'm my hardest critic. Sometimes it's kind of bad because I'm so hard on myself and sometimes I get down.

I watch a lot of myself, just to critique myself.

From day one in summer league, I had a chip on my shoulder.

I can be a better defender. It's one of those things where I like to always find something wrong so I can get better.

A big thing for me is trying to work on slowing down and not rushing plays, so I can be able to make plays for my teammates.

I can score in bunches, but it's about being able to make my teammates better and have the defense worry about something else other than me going out there aggressive and forcing it sometimes.

For the majority of my rookie year, I had to lug around a fake baby doll in a pink stroller whenever I was entering and leaving Staples Center.

Wherever I am I want to be productive.

Not all rookie lessons are learned on the hardwood. There are factors like rookie duties and building team camaraderie.

Two different styles of leadership. LeBron, very encouraging, bringing everybody along, and Kobe, he's testing you, seeing what you gonna give him. If he gonna get at you, he gonna scream at you, he gonna cuss, he gonna do whatever it is. He had his own way of leading guys as well. It's two different sides. I'm just blessed to see both of them.

Coach Snyder puts guys in a lot of good positions. A lot of screen-and-rolls.

For me, whenever I get on the floor, I'm gonna try to impact the game and just do what I do.

I'm always going to be aggressive on both ends of the floor. That's where I'm going to make my mark.

We ain't got no room for the hate no more. That's got to go out of the window real quick.

That's the first thing that came easy in basketball, beating people down the court, getting into people. Using God's gifts.

I try to not put two bad games together.

Nothing is given to us.

Probably the biggest thing I can do is try to help us get wins.

I felt like I was one of the better point guards in the draft, maybe the best. But falling out of the first round and being selected in the second round, the number really doesn't matter where you get drafted - it's about the fit.

Somebody got a tattoo of me. Kind of threw me off a little bit, but the work was amazing... It's definitely good to feel that love and support.

I've been thrown into different roles each and every year.

I try to keep my nose down and keep grinding. I keep working and having fun.

It's been good being able to go back to the Philippines, practice with the national team, do workouts and things.

I love to hoop and you can never get better just by sitting on the bench.