Quotes from DeMarcus Cousins

I want to put Sacramento back on the map.

I love Sacramento. I consider this home.

I know I've done bad things. But I've done just as much good as I have done bad. And it's not even necessarily bad. I would say they're growing pains.

The whole basketball world, it's a fantasy and it's short-lived.

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.

Believe in yourself.

Some of what I get, I deserve; I do some dumb stuff sometimes. But I do not deserve the perception that I have.

Who knew I was blowing my Achilles?

People don't like when people are straight forward. They like things to be sugar coated. They like to beat around the bush. I'm not that type of person.

I don't want to be Boogie. I just wanna be DeMarcus.

You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, 'He's a thug.' But I'm a competitor.

When it was clear I couldn't stay in New Orleans, I went out and created what would end up being the best opportunity for myself. I asked my agent to set up a call with the Warriors. I knew they could use a big.

A close friend of mine's daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy and battled seizures her first 2 years so this cause hits close to home. She ended up having brain surgery and has been seizure-free since. It really is an incredible story. Anything I can do to help promote Epilepsy awareness, I am with it.

I got drafted at 19. I've got millions of dollars in my pocket, I could have lost my damn mind. I don't see how you could consider me immature.

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it's against guys around the corner, I'm going to play.

The beginning to correcting all of our mistakes is communication.

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

I can remember games where the crowd was the reason we won it. It's well known the Kings have incredible fans.

Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

The body can take you wherever your mind goes. If I can do it in my mind, I think my body will follow.

I want my family and myself to be comfortable wherever I am at the time, and just be able to relax and kind of let my hair down.

You'd go back to school and your friends would say, 'What you get for Christmas?' You got to make up a lie. 'I got this, this and this.' It's all part of growing up and everyone has a different story. It made me who I am today.

When you have a cop approaching your car with his hand on his gun, I know it may be protocol, but us being the people we are, you automatically feel as if you're a criminal. So where's the respect then? You probably won't respond the correct way. So how do we find a common ground then?