My family is happy. That makes my job a lot easier. For the fans, I try to put it all out there on the floor.
I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.
I’m very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.
It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.
Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.
Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.
Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.
When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.
There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly who they are and what they mean.
I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that’s – those are humbling times, you know?
It’s not just straight-line speed. He’s got the agility and the quickness to go with it. His vision on the field is phenomenal. It just opens the playbook so much as a coach that I’m really looking forward to it.
This is a job and we want to have fun. But it’s a job and we should look like we’re going to work.
The Greater Man upstairs know when it’s my time. Right now isn’t the time.
I’m under a super microscope. I’ve got my friends to keep me cool. As long as you’ve got friends, you’ve got nothing to worry about.
You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.
I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area – in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.
Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won’t let me be selfish.
I’m a leader. I’m the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that’s not just scoring-wise, I do other things.
I laugh and joke, but I don’t get distracted very easily.