Quotes from Austin Rivers

At the end of the day, it's the general managers' and the scouts' opinion on you and what teams need, what they're looking for.

Most teams don't do anything. Really it's just take the ball out the basket, pick-and-roll, and run.

He's a great father - I don't view him as a coach. He gives me advice as a person and as a basketball player, and I've learned a lot from him and my mom.

I know Chris Paul well. I have a relationship with him.

I've always been a peacemaker.

My dad would never, ever play me over somebody because I'm his son. If I'm not playing well, I'm sitting on the bench.

I am like a germophobe to the max to the point where it actually bothers people sometimes.

I'm looking forward to a state championship, those are my expectations.

A lot of teams have won one state championship, but not many teams can say they went back-to-back.

It would be weird if people weren't cheering against you. It would be boring.

I do like watches. I like the sophistication of it all. Like the whole thing behind collecting watches is very grown man-esque, so it makes me feel more an adult.

We're caught in an era where everyone likes riding a wave. People want to go to places that are already on the rise and going to franchises that are already doing really well. And people have lost interest in going somewhere and making something great again.

I've been on more planes than I can count.

It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a row. I've been on those teams. Those are great experiences.

I think I'm a shooting guard and a point guard, to be honest with you.

This chip on my shoulder, this swagger and confidence, it helps me. If I didn't have it, I would not be in the NBA.

I know what the narrative is on me. It's because I come from money and I have a swagger and confidence about me.

How would you deal with it if you're 9 years old, people are telling you, 'You suck,' and they don't give sympathy? They don't feel bad for you because of who your dad is.

I played through flu-like symptoms before. It was frustrating.

I want my son to look at me the way I looked at my pops. That's what I want from him.

When your move with your left hand can be just as potent as your right hand, I think that's pretty special. I think that's why Kyrie's the best, because he finishes so well around the rim with his left or right.

I had to go through the same things that anyone's son went through. And you know, there aren't that many guys whose dads played who got to the league.

I don't want to just meet LeBron. I want to destroy him on the court one day.

I cross somebody once a game. Now whether you make an elite shot or whatever determines if it's a highlight, but I cross someone once a game, James Harden crosses someone four or five times a game. When you're guarding guys, you have to understand it's going to happen.