Quotes from Khris Middleton

I'm not the most athletic guy who is able to make these crazy layups or dunk all over people. I'm more of a shooter, floater, lane guy - not too much flash. But it gets the job done.

Just working on stuff off the dribble a lot more. It's helping me create my own shot and freeing me up a little bit, being able to make plays and make shots.

I've been a good 3-point shooter, but I've been a better midrange shooter my whole career, so it was definitely frustrating to try to figure out that balance.

I was a three-star recruit, went to Texas A&M, and no one really talked about me there.

We can't take quarters, minutes, plays off.

I've had to change my game a lot - try to play the right way, try to do the right things, try to be the glue guy for the team for the most part.

It's a tough grind sometimes. Playing 82 games and the travel, it can wear you down. It's definitely something you have to learn and adjust to. If you don't, you can play your way out of the league very quickly.

I've got the mind-set that I'm going to play as hard as I can, and I'm going to make the person guarding me work as hard as he can.

I measure myself against everybody, not just the shooting guards.

I think Giannis can be a LeBron-type player, like an all-world, Hall of Famer, MVP, legend, one of the best ever. He's doing the right things to put himself in that situation. I think he will get there.

It's a business. But as a player, it sucks to know you were just thrown into a trade for it to work.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

Heading into college, I was mainly just a spot-up shooter.

I tried one tiny piece of kangaroo, which I never thought I would try, and it was actually pretty good. I probably wouldn't eat it again, but it was still pretty good.

My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time.

I learned in the past that winning takes care of everything. As long as I am worried about winning and doing the right things, everything will work out for me.

When you look the wrong way to cross the street, you've got to be careful with it.

Do I feel underrated? Yes. Does that bother me? No, not really.

Every team goes through a slump during the season. It's just a matter of how fast can you get out of it.

You won't get out of a slump if you don't shoot.

I don't think smaller guys usually bother me on my shot too much.

We had a lot of close games; we were losing games. Failing in those opportunities - when the game was close? And we needed a bucket or a stop? I wasn't able to come through. It's just... something that you get comfortable with as time goes on. You're OK with failing, as long as you're trying as hard as you can.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

You have to go through some things to get to where you want to go.