Quotes from Austin Rivers

I played on the same AAU team with Brandon Knight.

Everyone has an opinion about things they don't know much about. You just have to tune everybody out.

I don't like missing a game.

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and that's through hard work.

Like, I'm not enjoying LeBron's greatness right now. I mean, I have no fun playing against him. So you don't get to enjoy it until you look back.

My daily watch is Rolex, stainless steel. They're light, they're comfortable.

It seems that once I stepped foot in L.A., I saw an opportunity and took it, and haven't looked back.

The thing is, I don't hate North Carolina. I know we're rivals now, but I almost went there. For me it was UNC or Duke. So I love that school. And at the end of the day, the rivalry stuff, that's just fun.

It's been a long journey. Continued to work through my rookie year. I was hurt a lot. Up and down.

One game, one of the kids yelled, 'The only thing Riverses are good at is coaching.' I didn't take offense, I just smiled.

For the guys who would say, 'oh, your dad, this and that, you've got to the league or here because of him'... they're hypocrites.

He and I don't know each other like that. We know each other as strictly basketball. A lot of people on the outside don't understand that because people think we have a relationship like every other father and son. We just don't. That's because he's been gone my whole life, and that's fine.

I've earned every stripe that I've gotten. I've earned every playing time.

He was in Boston and I grew up in Orlando. It's not so much like father-son, it's coach-player.

I grew up in Orlando.

New Orleans just wasn't anything for me. I didn't fit in. I just couldn't get adjusted.

You can't strut around in my house, because everybody has their own achievements.

I think sometimes adding pressure can be good.

I'm going to do what I do and be aggressive and try to help the team in any area I can. And just build.

In terms of playing for my father, that was an amazing experience that me and him got to do. But that was that.

It's a 30-game season, and guys in college are big, strong, athletic and they're playing to show you what they can do to win every single game.

I grew up, I used to two-ball dribble, one-ball dribble like three or four times a week for like an hour all the way up until I got into the league where I felt like I now have it in my head.

The coaches at Duke really helped me get better.

The easiest thing sometimes is just playing. You don't have to worry about the plays, this and that, you just play.