I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.
You learn from mistakes, you learn from losses, but this game doesn't put something on me where it's, 'Hey, I've finally done it. This was a big game. We won it and we have to move on.'
We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.
I expect us to win. I expect us to get better every day.
Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.
I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.
If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again.
It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor.
You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.
That's all our team is about. If we stop people, we're the most athletic team in this whole tournament and we can get out and get easy buckets.
I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get a big lead. We were able to take it in overtime and win.
That's what keeps me humble because I know my background, know what my mother went through. I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. My mom always says and my friends all say, ’You're just a very low-maintenance guy’. I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.
I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything
The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.
Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won't let me be selfish.
I hope I can help guys coming out of high school, if they need advice. I know the ins and outs of everything.
I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.
I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.
I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready.
I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now.
No place is better than Akron.
They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots.
A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that.
I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.
I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.
