Quotes from Nick Young

My rookie year, it was a crazy atmosphere.

Growing up in L.A., every kid wants to play for the Lakers. As a kid I went to their championship parades, bought a Kobe jersey - I went to the gym and made everybody call me Kobe - loved Shaq, loved the three-peat.

As a kid, you always wanted your own shoe. To see it happen, it's like a dream come true.

If the color is dope, then the shoe is just automatically going to be cool.

Swag is confidence: how you dress, how you move, your whole persona.

Sometimes I'm in the mood to wear crazy stuff, like a shirtless look with a Saint Laurent suit.

I went from almost not playing in the NBA to playing on a championship team.

I know everybody in the NBA watches each other's styles. They might not admit it, but they do.

It's humbling being at home just chilling, watching TV, playing with the kids.

I'm just all around cool guy that played basketball.

It's great for a coach to talk to you and let you know where you're at and not keeping you in the dark, like some coaches I know.

I'd say I have no conscience, to a certain extent.

I get criticized for being me. I'm enjoying life, and people see it as me not being serious. Not taking the game seriously. You shouldn't hate somebody for being themselves, for enjoying themselves.

That's why I've been working so hard, I believe in myself, believe that I've got talent.

God, in a dream, talked to me, and he gave me that name. I'm like, 'you know what God? That is a funny name! I might need to run with it!' And ever since then, I've been calling myself Swaggy P. It's a household name.

I don't get so much credit for my defense.

As a player, you model yourself after other players. Kobe takes the same approach as Michael Jordan. But I follow someone like Magic Johnson; he showed emotion, he smiled and jumped around, he was happy for his teammates. There needs to be more players like that.

Players see shots not falling - that plays a role. That plays a major role in your confidence out there, too.

Swaggy P is heaven-sent. I'm like a prophet of swag, so the name was heaven-sent.

I want to do a fashion show one day.

My first love was being a dancer.

I'm a flashy man.

I'm just trying to get wins.

I don't hold any grudges.