The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have explained before, it's a process for making it to the playoffs, it's another one to make the conference finals, another one to actually go to The Finals and win the championship.
Joel Embiid
Trust 'The Process.'
I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.
I'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.
It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.
I want to be that type of guy - I want to be Kobe Bryant. I want to be Tim Duncan. I want to be Dirk Nowitzki - stay with one team my whole career.
I feel like I am the best defensive player in the league.
A lot of people just think I'm a big man, but I'm a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do - from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.
I want to have a lot to do with winning a championship or bringing a championship back to the city of Philadelphia.
I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.
I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.
It's basketball; it's always good to blow a team out.
There's definitely a lot of undiscovered talent in Africa. If I'm one of them and there's a few other guys in the league, that means that there must be some that are hidden.
I feel like Americans don't really have any idea of what's going on in the world, especially us Africans. I feel like when they think about Africans, they think about just us running around with lions and tigers and all those other animals.
If I'm not making plays, I can't get the crowd going. When I'm making plays, that's where I can feel a vibe and can get into it with the crowd.
Agents recruiting high-school players and talking to high-schoolers - I feel like those are the people who put bad ideas in kids.
I want to get in there and jump in the stands and dive for every loose ball.
Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.
Basketball has given me everything, but it has to be bigger than basketball. That was the first thing that I said to Under Armour, and they were behind it 100 percent. This isn't about a shoe deal.
I don't like to be involved in front-office stuff.
I love competing. I mean, if you ask anybody around me, my coaches, they know I love competing. I hate losing.
I always dream about that type of moment. In my head, I always kind of create that scenario, just about, like, some type of winning shot or block that's going to, like, really get the crowd into it.
I'm not cocky, I'm humble, but I think I can be really special, one of the top players in the league.
If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.
People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.
Before games and sometimes practice, I like something with a dope beat. Like Rick Ross, when he's just like, 'RUH!,' all that stuff.
When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.
Every time I get on the court, I want to push my teammates to be better as a leader and lead by example.
If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.
My coaches sometimes say I'm a little bit too competitive. But I want to win, and I feel like we should win every game.
When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn't know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time and then a little bit of American hip-hop. And then, when I got to the States, that's when I really got into all those guys - Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, all those guys.
I want to win.
That's the whole point of playing basketball - having fun.
I don't really care about the friendships on the court. I got my friends. I got my family, which I'm close to. I got a couple of friends that I'm always around.
You know how I learned to shoot? I watched white people. Just regular white people. They really put their elbow in and finish up top. You can find videos of them online.
I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.
I'm actually really good at everything I do.
When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than just shoes, bigger than just basketball.
On social media, I can hide behind the computer or the iPhone. Internet courage.
I have lots of confidence in myself that I can fulfill my dreams and make the people of Philadelphia proud.
I'm not made of glass.
I love being physical.
I think it would've been a little easier if I grew up in America; they've got better conditions for basketball players. At the same time, many people have said to me that having to start playing so late helped me not pick up bad habits.
I'm very good at drawing fouls.
I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.
I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.
My life is like a movie.
I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.
We're always going to be trusting the process.
If the team needs me to recruit somebody, I'll be here. I'll be doing that.
