In a game, there are so many different variables that are thrown at you – the defense, where your teammates are, how fast your body’s moving, and you have to be in control of all those decisions.
I can’t say enough, how important my faith is to how I play the game and who I am.
We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.
Every step of the way I think you learn something that makes you a better player, and all those lessons really come out when it matters the most in a championship.
I learned how quickly I actually released my shot off the dribble. I know that’s something I work on, and really use in games, but I didn’t know exactly how quick it was, down to like the millisecond.
I can get better. I haven’t reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.
The more years I go, the more experience I have, the more that nutrition and eating the right foods is important for recovery and things like that.
In my terms, “neurocognitive efficiency” is being able to make smarter, faster decisions on the floor.
I try to use every game as an opportunity to witness. I try to do a little signal every time I make a shot as a way to preach the message in little ways that I can.
Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.
All 14 guys on the team have sacrificed something to get to this point.
This was an unbelievable experience.
My wife would probably say I’m the messiest person in the history of husbands.
We want to get another one.
I’m not a daily coffee guy at all, or energy drinks or anything like that.
I have a bet with my mom that involves a little money, and if I have too many turnovers, she gets in my pocket. I’m afraid of that for sure.
I’m pretty much on the “eat whatever you can diet,” just to get calories in, so I can maintain myself throughout the season.
Being a superstar means you’ve reached your potential, and I don’t think I’ve reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.
Basketball was mine, and that’s what’s carried me to this point.
I really cherish everything that basketball brings; and I think, for me, it’s been a great ride and I’m not done yet.
We just forced them into tough shots that whole overtime. It was a classic five minutes that we needed.