Quotes from Khris Middleton

From Day 1 since I was in middle school, it's just to get better every day and not settle for anything, try to get better, try to improve, and try to stay hungry. That's not going to change.

To be a Milwaukee Buck, it's a great feeling. It's a unique feeling. It's a small-city market, but when you live there, and you play there every night, you realize how much you mean to that city and how much you can do to impact people's lives around there.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

Now, I'm not afraid. Or getting myself down about missing shots or missing an assignment late. The game goes on. You've got another chance. That's definitely a mental thing.

In the month of December, it was my ultimate mission to find and honor the special people in my cities and provide them with experiences they would never forget.

The ultimate goal is to win a championship.

I'm just trying to shoot in rhythm. That's the biggest thing for my shot from long range. I don't try to speed it up too much.

I'm happy with being myself.

Just knowing how to get to my spots - that's the key. Once I get to my main spots, I feel like I have a lot of options I can go to - keep on driving, pass, or shoot. I just feel like if I can get to those spots, I can play my game.

It's a great job to have to try to spread the game, to spread joy, to help anybody out.

There aren't any negative thoughts about my time in Detroit; I just didn't play. Sometimes you have to go through that at different stages. I went through it during a tough period, my first year in the league, but it was a good year for me off the court.

I'm an unselfish player.

I have always been the kind of guy who just takes it one day at a time.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

From Day One, I've always had to work to find my way onto the court or onto the top position or whatever it may be.

It's just using my size. On the defensive end, it's using my length to disturb the smaller guys. On the offensive end, if there's a post-up advantage, I can take it.

I got to work on my body, kept working on my game, and also just got to learn out there from the guys who are playing. Getting stronger, working on my upper-body strength, lower-body strength, just trying to get stronger.

Some people will have their opinions, but to be in the league, you have to have confidence that you're one of the best.

I dedicate much of my success to what I learned inside and outside the classroom at Porter-Gaud, and I want to give that same opportunity to other kids in Charleston.

I've always been trying to add stuff to my game.

I just want to go out there and play hard every night and do my best.

I'm trying to make the game easier for everyone else.