Quotes About Commitment

A lot of people say you can't make the league if you can't play defense, so I really play really good defense. That's something I really pride myself on.

It's not always fun. It burns inside to play defense. But you have to keep working and eventually defense is something you get used to.

Defense is the thing we can control and bring every night. But I want to be great on both ends.

You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

I really don't look at myself as a defensive end or a linebacker or a cornerback or a safety. I don't try to limit myself to just rushing the passer or dropping back in coverage or being a run-stopper; I try to be great at football.

On the defensive end, I have to do my job.

Defensive moments are for each and every player.

I feel like I can be a great defensive player when I put my mind to it for the whole game, not just half the game.

I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.

That's one part of my game that never leaves - the defensive part.

I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will get that.

I feel like every guy has a job to do on the defensive end, and that job can change night to night. My biggest thing is, I try to do my job, and compete.

Everybody has to play for their team and accept his role, even if you are in a defensive position sometimes. That is the key if you want to have success.

I want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

I don't mind being the older guy that has to sacrifice and be the defensive anchor.

I pride myself on the defensive end. That's where I earn my keep.

I expect to play at an All-Star defensive level, and everything else will come.

On the defensive end, I just have to be better.

It's something I pride myself on because in the NBA a lot of people are good offensively but you can set yourself apart on the defensive end. I can bring a lot of energy.

What is marriage anyway? How do you define it? I think, for me, it's being friends.

I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer.

As the leader of the Bullet Club, I can't slow down now. I am an example for everybody who thought just slapping the Bullet Club logo on you would define your career.

If you're going to do something, you should go all in and be absorbed in the process and want to do well and be OK with being really consumed by it. But at the same time, I guess the balance there lies in not letting the result define who you are as a person and your self-worth.

I define myself by my work, so I'd be a sad creature without working. I just wouldn't get up in the morning.