Quotes from Kevin Knox

You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.

Most rookies coming in, they're a little short on the 3-point line because it's a little further back. But once you adjust to it, you'll be fine.

Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.

Starting should be a goal for every rookie.

Personally, I want to win rookie of the year.

I learned a lot my rookie season - the pace of the game. Playing at the right pace, not 100 miles an hour.

Everyone who's great - play any sport, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, don't matter, everyone's failed. Everyone's gonna fail. It's how you bounce back.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.

A lot of people think you go to a top college, you come into the NBA and it'll be all a breeze and easy. It's not like that.

Personally, I wanna be in an All-Star Game. Get All-NBA.

I want to make it to the championship.

That's kind of what I got in the NBA for. I want to go against superstars that would be a good challenge for me.

I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.

A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.

Offensively, I can play different positions.

I'm going to get criticized my whole career.

Football is a little bit different as far as lifting weights. We lifted weights every day. It's a different type of sport. So those things, different aspects, they help you in basketball.

I can lift weights every day and I'm not going to look huge, but it's good to get in the weight room every now and then.

I'm ready to come out and show people I'm able to play defense.

A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something I really pride myself on.

It's not always fun. It burns inside to play defense. But you have to keep working and eventually defense is something you get used to.

In pick-and-roll situations, I feel like the NBA is all pick-and-rolls, so I want to be able to handle the ball in pick-and-rolls and make the right read, make the right passes, and make plays for my teammates.

I really enjoy watching on the side because I can really see the game from a different perspective.