A lot of things are going to happen that you can't necessarily control all the time, but you can control what you do after it happens. So that's what I try to do, keep my head up, keep moving forward, stay positive and just work hard.
Lonzo Ball
If you want to be a good shooter, you've got to shoot.
Once you believe in yourself, you can pretty much do whatever you want in my opinion, so that is the main thing.
I think you're either born a leader or you're not.
I think I can score. But personally, I like to pass first, because people love people who pass. And I'm a point guard, so my job is to kind of get people open.
If you have one guy taking all of the shots, you're obviously not playing very fast, because you have to slow it down and wait for him to get to his spot in the offense. But when you just want the best shot possible, a lot of different people are going to get the ball.
If you keep doing something over and over, you should get good at it.
Magic Johnson is one of the greatest players to ever play... he's the best point guard to ever play, so I can learn a lot of things from him.
You can always work on everything.
I feel great in pick-and-roll.
When I play the game, I play to win.
Who's gonna want to wear a loser's shoe? I know I wouldn't.
I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.
I'm not loud. Not gonna be crazy with the refs.
LeBron and Rondo are arguably two of the best leaders ever.
Well, everybody's human, and you're not going to do the right thing perfectly every time. But you mess up and you learn from it and you go on from there.
When it comes down to the last five minutes, it's not about Xs and Os. It's pretty much who wants it more.
No, I don't get nervous when I play basketball.
With all the pick-and-rolls in the NBA, getting in the lane and shooting floaters or pull-ups will help a lot.
I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said 'Be an NBA player.' Since then, he started training me.
I want to be M.V.P. one day. But for me, it's all about championships.
I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.
I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.
The way I play, I like to be free.
Playing defense out here against grown men is physical.
I think it was tough being a young guy, especially in L.A. All the people looking at you and we had a big responsibility over there.
No. 2 pick, you're supposed to do a job - you're supposed to turn the franchise around. And I don't think I did it to the best of my abilities. I didn't live up to that standard.
My family's always going to be close.
Team player, man. It's not just me out there. All five guys got to contribute, and whoever comes in has to do the same.
I just go out and play.
My dream is to play in the NBA.
NBA, that's the biggest spotlight I've ever been in before. It was crazy at first. I just had to take a step back. Get back to what I know: having fun.
Every team I played for, I pretty much been the dude on it.
I played guard my whole life, and liked having the ball in my hands.
In Chino Hills, everybody is cool with everybody, so I had a lot of friends. My house was kind of the hang out house, where everybody would come over.
Oh, my dad listens to a lot of 2Pac, Ice Cube and WC. That's what he was listening to a lot when we were growing up. He's always been a fan of hip-hop.
Growing up, a lot of my shots came off of me dribbling and shooting it.
It is a team game, we all play for each other; obviously we win and lose as a team, but I like to take the blame when we lose.
I remember going to pre-school, you know, rolling out in the Suburban and my dad bumping all types of rap, so he introduced me to it and from there I just loved it ever since.
When I was little I definitely listened to a lot of DMX and 50 Cent. Those were probably the two main rappers I was listening to when I was young, but my favorite rapper has always been Lil Wayne.
It starts the fast-break a lot easier when I get the ball. I don't have to wait for big men to give me it. Just get it and go.
I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.
I was kind of forced to rebound at a young age. I was usually at the back in the press of the 2-3 zone, because my brothers were smaller than me. So I usually got most of the rebounds.
Real hip-hop is Migos, Future.
I've been shooting all my life.
I can shoot.
It's my life, it's up to me what I want to do with it. And I'm realizing that.
You've never seen anyone shoot it like me. It comes off the left side. I don't know. I don't know. It still spins the right way.
I just go out there and play basketball.
If you mention the Lakers, you think about Kobe.
