Quotes from D'Angelo Russell

People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.

I've always been a guy that, I don't know, just attacks pressure.

I always prided myself in being different.

I hate talking to media. I hate it, man. You have to. But it's crazy. I thought there were only two things in this world that you had to do, and that was die and pay taxes. Now I know that you've got to talk to media. And I hate it.

I feel like wherever I go, I will make it home.

When a coach tells you to shoot the ball, it's like a green light for you. You can't want that more than anything. But the catch is you got to be good enough to know that when you're not open, you gotta pass.

It's easy to be just a basketball player, get paid and come here to do that. But to be professional about it is different.

After any game you're going to get the love, the hate: That's just what comes with being a professional athlete.

When you're not the Steph Currys or the Kyrie Irvings of the league, long-term promises are irrelevant.

I wasn't really a fashionable guy in high school.

A lot of teams - they want a point guard and I am bouncing around, why not put me in those talks and try to get me?

No matter what you've been through or what's going on ahead, a fresh start's always good.

No matter what the circumstances, you always enjoy being around guys that you bond with, win, lose, whatever it may be.

I wing my style. I think it's definitely something on how you feel, the weather, that plays a part.

I've been through losing so much in this league, so to finally get a taste of winning and what the playoffs are going to feel like, I'm excited.

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

I take pride in creating genuine relationships with people that genuinely care about you.

Any time anybody says something bad about me, that means I've got to work. If they say I'm not living up to what my potential is, I've go to work - and that's every day.

It's hard to come off the bench and be ready all the time.

I can't be funny, goofy, happy go lucky all the time.

I have nothing but great things to say about Brooklyn.

When you find your niche, you just gotta continue to be confident and thrive in it.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.