Quotes About Commitment

I travel 300 days a year which is tough. Sometimes we're up at 4 A.M. for a flight.

I have a very high love for the game. My mom would always drop me off at the YMCA downtown in Flint, and I'd stay there all day. If she couldn't take me, I'd take the bus there and be there until she'd pick me up when she got off work. I've always had the love for basketball.

When I was 16 years old, I thought that backflips were like the coolest thing. So I spent like months and months of my life like, literally flipping onto my head.

We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.

I gave everything I had - on the floor, trying to be the best leader that I could, trying to help the guys as much as I could, putting in the extra work.

For me, whenever I get on the floor, I'm gonna try to impact the game and just do what I do.

My expectation for the first year was to work hard, and whenever I get a chance, whenever I get on the floor, to do my best.

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

I wouldn't say I'm the best player. On the competitive level, I am the best competitor. I don't think there's anybody like me. I play my heart out on both ends of the floor, and I give my all.

I believe I fill in every box on both ends of the floor.

There's a lot of talented guys, but at the end of the day, you've got to go out there and get it. It's really about who's competing and who wants it more on both ends of the floor.

I can do the little things, play defense, dive on the floor to get loose balls, things like that.

No one's built like me. I play 110% on both ends of the floor.

I've changed, and I've learned every single year what to do and what not to do. But I still pride myself on going out and doing the right things. Doing what I'm supposed to be doing on both ends of the floor.

I just care about winning and doing what I can while I'm on the floor.

My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.

My personality, if I was healthy enough to play, I'm going to play! I felt that at 75, 80 percent, even if I had a sprained ankle, if I'm out there on the floor, I could be Deion Sanders.

I want to play, I wanted to finish out the games, but I've got to make sure I'm right before I step out on the floor.

All I can control is what I do when I step on the floor.

I hope they'll say I was one of the hardest-working basketball players on both ends of the floor.

I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.

Every time I step on the floor I'm going to be there and contribute to the team.

I try to leave everything on the floor every single game.

I really try to handle my business on the floor.