Quotes from Tobias Harris

I pride myself in helping people in the community however I can.

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When I came into the league, I was very politically correct, because I didn't want to step on anyone's toes. Now, I've gotten to the point where I know you don't have to be like that.

Some people say that I need to take a break and relax a little bit, but basketball is all that I know. This is what I've grown up doing and when I call my mother and my father, they talk to me about the game. It's just embedded in me and it's pretty much all I care about.

I'm not really a big walk-around-the-city type of guy. I'm a hotel type of guy.

My thing ever since I came in the NBA is making sure it's not about how much money I make, but instead it being about the love of the game.

Obviously I've been traded around, but at the same time I know my game, I know what I bring to the table and I know what I'm looking for as a player.

Britton Kelley is the best strength coach I've had in my life - he's probably the best in the country. He has really transformed my body and really made me a lot stronger. A lot of guys he has trained are in the NBA.

You can't please everybody; everybody knows that, but at the same time all you can do is control what you can control and that's going out there as a player every single night and giving my all.

You can be yourself, you can speak up for what you believe in, and if some people don't like it, it is what it is. Not everyone's going to agree with you.

Honestly, I just needed some guidance my rookie year. I needed to know what to wear, and where to find stuff. It took me like three years to find jeans that fit me!

A lot of people don't know, when I was a young kid, I couldn't stand when the teacher would call on me to read something, especially out loud.

When I do a lot of the community outreach with the youth, I can easily see the blessings that I've had in my life, even as a young kid growing up.

I listen to all types of music. I listen to a lot of hip hop, but I also listen to pop and house music. I really, really like smooth jazz.

I want to win just as much as anybody else does.

I listen to some Justin Beiber. I'm not going to lie about that.

My sisters play ball. My older brother, he's in my ear. My younger brother, he's in my ear. Critiquing me on my game. That's who I mostly pay attention to.

We really want our kids, and our youth, to understand that one, knowledge is power, and two, you don't have to be shy about being educated, and being ahead of the learning curve.

I pride myself by being a player that plays in the flow of the game, and tries to get the offense created through other teammates.

I always try to make sure that the workspace that I'm in - the NBA, there's highs and lows - but I always make sure that I never let the highs and lows truly determine my true happiness as a person.

I try to just find motivation in different areas.

I always root for the underdogs. That's my whole thing.

I've been an underdog my whole career.

You can never stop learning as a basketball player and it's my goal to keep growing every day.