Quotes from Kyrie Irving

I love the gym; I love basketball. I'm really passionate about it.

I don't leave home without my Skullcandy Crushers. I don't leave home without my Bible, without my phone, and without my computer.

I've been musically inclined since I picked up an instrument in the fourth grade. I just really appreciate music. I love to listen to it; I love to sing. I wouldn't consider myself, like, a natural singer. I just developed it over time, honestly, just listening. I'm a great listener to music.

All I do is sit at home and watch Netflix.

I do feel like a Clevelander. Every time, when people ask me, I automatically say, 'My home is Cleveland.'

I'm probably one of the most competitive people ever.

I want to be on the cover of 'GQ.' That's a personal goal.

When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drives and preparing for my three-point shots.

I went to my agent and told them, 'I want to be on another Disney show.'

One game I'm always on is 'NBA Jam.' And 'Bejeweled,' games like that, and 'Temple Run.'

I can't even give my father a proper gift. Every single Father's Day means so much to me. I'm so close to him. He's my big brother, but also my father.

My focus is basketball, and that's it.

My eventual goal is to win a championship. And before I retire, I just want to win a championship. That's it.

'Grease' is an awesome movie. I wish they'd make a new one, more for our time. The graphics are terrible when you look back on it.

One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't.

The only thing I command is respect.

Everybody in the NBA is good. And then you have the really good ones and the great ones.

I've worked countless hours in the gym, so I feel like I'm already prepared for the game. So when I'm listening to music pregame, it's really just about personal enjoyment.

Even during my injury, I had fun because I got to be a regular college kid.

I do have a chef, but I still go out. Sometimes I can still blend in, and sometimes I get a little bombarded. It's the best of both worlds.

Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.

I'm going to give input when I need to. When it needs to be said.

I'm not really a big X's and O's guy, but if you want to go there, I'm more of a space-the-floor type of coach: Five out, zero in, and that's the way we play basketball, screen and roll here and there, pocket passes everywhere; it's what it's about.

Draft day is a hectic day, especially for draftees and, more or less, for management.