Quotes from Joe Harris

You're gonna have pretty bad defeats. But you've gotta be able to respond and come back in and compete the next night.

Kyrie, he's got a big personality. He's one of these guys that's misunderstood. The way that he's construed in the media is probably going to paint him in a light that is not necessarily true. I'd say you could ask a lot of people that played with him and they'd all say that he's a great teammate and a good guy to be around.

If you stay around in the NBA long enough, you're going to bounce around, your teammates are going to bounce around, but those friendships, they remain constant.

Obviously any time you play home in front of your own fans, you definitely get a distinct advantage that way.

There's teams that have a lot of success in the back-to-back, and I think those teams just have a strong mental fortitude.

Shooting's contagious: Guys start seeing the ball go in and everybody starts to feel good.

I was lucky in my rookie year to play in the NBA Finals, to have that experience, to see what it was like to get to that stage.

Sometimes you've got to be able to finish at the rim.

Fear of the self... of both what we show the world on the outside and that which we know, ourselves, to truly be on the inside, can be a paralyzing notion.

Some games you're gonna have seven shots, some games you're gonna have 15, it just ebbs and flows with the game.

I liked the idea of being one of the foundations for Coach Bennett's program and trying to revive UVa basketball.

I was fortunate in college to play as a freshman, but in the NBA, not a lot of rookies are coming in and making a significant impact right off the bat.

When you're going through a game and you miss your first couple, you definitely put a little bit of added pressure on yourself. And there is that sense of frustration. You got to block it out and realize that the whole goal of what I'm trying to do is just get open shots.

If someone has my number that I don't know and texts me a considerable amount I would just block the number.

Steph is the greatest shooter of all time. Shooting off the rack is not indicative of being a better shooter than Steph Curry.

Whenever you play with better competition or play against better players, it raises your level of play on both ends of the court.

Every time you play against somebody like Giannis, you have to be really locked into the game plan.

Kyrie is a good guy. Spent a lot of time with him over the years because we were the same class in high school and ACC when he was at Duke. Then I was with him my rookie year in Cleveland.

Yeah, I had a good relationship with Coach Blatt. I enjoyed playing for him. But the NBA is, first and foremost, a business, and as much as you may have liked the situation you were at, sometimes it just doesn't work out your way.

My hometown, first and foremost, it's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. A beautiful lake town. It's one of those communities where, winter rolls around, it's exactly the same as any other small town in America. Sort of a lower socio-economic area. There isn't anything high-end necessarily anywhere around there.

I think I've gotten more comfortable and more confident on the defensive end. I've just been able to anticipate things a little bit better instead of reacting to how guys play offensively.

I've grown up with the same people my whole life. I've had the same classmates from elementary all the way through graduating.

Everybody's always asking me: 'What's it like playing with LeBron?' It's really hard to describe. I'm pretty fortunate that I got him my first year. He's an awesome guy, a great leader. You're witnessing such greatness all the time and you try not to take it for granted because you see it so often, in practice or wherever.

I like this book by Angela Duckworth called 'Grit.'