Top 98 Quotes & Sayings by Julius Randle

Honestly, for me only playing 14 minutes my rookie year and breaking my leg. To be able to play all 82, that was really cool for me... That was, for me, a huge accomplishment. Something I'm really proud of for sure.

I'm a glass-half-full kind of guy, not half-empty.

I wanted to be a Knick, I wanted to be one of the greats here.

I got the extreme confidence and belief in myself.

When things get rough you just kind of do it yourself.

Everything in life happens for a reason.

Sometimes you gotta go through something, sometimes you gotta learn.

With a player and a coach, trust is everything.

Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as I learned the game of basketball.

I'm the biggest Laker fan. Probably more of a Kobe fan.

I feel like I have a foundation of how I want to play. Because of that, there's so much room for me to grow because I know how I want to play.

All my teammates, everybody, they trust me and empower me. I just wanna thank them for allowing me to lead them. And then my family, my wife, my son, everybody, like everybody, has played a part in helping me continue to become the best version of me on and off the court.

I know not to get too high or too low.

When I realized I was having a baby boy, I wanted him to know that I'm there in his life: 'Dad loves him. Dad's always going to support him and be there for him.' I don't want him to have to worry about anything.

Like everything else in the league, you want to be wanted.

I want to beat the best.

Not much can really shake me.

One of the things I learned from Kobe: You focus on what you're dealing with now.

I love playing in New York.

I think that's when people get the most disappointed. Things don't go as perfect as they want it to go and they feel like they've done everything up to that point to prepare for it and that's just life. That's how it is. Everything's not perfect.

You just take the negatives and learn to make a positive out of it.

I will say this about Thibs, he's a tough coach if you don't like to be coached or if you don't like to play or do things the right way, then he's tough.

I want to be coached.

I know you only get one chance to make a first impression in a city - and I was so disappointed in myself for how that first season in New York had gone. It felt like a blown opportunity. It felt like I'd cemented my reputation in the opposite way that I'd wanted to. Selfish. Not a leader. Not a winning player.

I'm damn proud to be a Knick.

Highs and lows of life happens for a reason.

You've got to do what's best for your body.

My goal is to prove that I'm the best.

I'm protective kind of aggressive, a caring personality. I guess it's just kind of who I am naturally, once I get to really know somebody.

For a coach to believe in you is key. Not only for the success of the player, but mainly for the success of the team.

I'm 6-9. But somehow I'm lucky enough to where I can go into Neiman's and find a shirt I like and it fits just right.

Before I ever had the idea of doing the partnership and deal with Celsius, I was already drinking it at my house for over a year. My family, everybody loves to drink it. It's authentic to me in that sense and as far as energy drinks it's really hard to find a good option as far as being healthy.

When things are good or bad, I know what to lean on.

LeBron had a pretty bad draft suit.

I started getting into clothes when I was really young. And then I went through a phase in middle school where I didn't care at all. But after that, after high school, I really got into high fashion. Balmain, Givenchy, Louboutin, all that.

I want to retire as a New York Knick.

If you look at every star in the game, everyone has tendencies.

A lot of people may have had their doubts or whatever in me. And that was just motivation, that was fuel.

I'm a competitor and that's what I love to do more than anything.

A lot of people may have written me off.

I have been through a lot.

There are things I know I need to work on and things I can get better at.

I don't sweat bad games.

I'm not a selfish player - never been a selfish player in my life. Always been about the team.

I love the game of basketball. I want to get better, I want to improve.

I worked on my playmaking and versatility, so that I could play more minutes at more spots on the court - power forward, point forward, center, whatever it takes.

It's crazy how style changes.

You grow up idolizing somebody you don't really know what to expect when you first meet him.

Just to be able to compete is fun.

You put an extreme amount of hard work in and things don't always go perfect.

I'm like, 'No, I don't wanna be the next Shaq. I wanna be Kobe.' So I always just dribbled the ball everywhere I went... It was kind of a natural thing. I don't even work on it, honestly.

Honestly, Thibs is a dog. He's a guy that is an extreme competitor and very aware of everything that's going on. Takes each possession like it's our last, and really coaches with the type of intensity and passion that you want from a coach.

Everybody can't come to New York and take the hits, take the hits of the city, take the hits of the media, take the hits of the fans. It's real.

I'm pretty in tune in with fashion, what designers are doing.

I hate for teams to score or for somebody to score on me.

If you look at the big picture, you start losing your focus on the little things.

For me, it's about getting better from game to game, improving as a player.

It was just my mom, my sister and me. And from a young age, my mom always said I was like the man of the house. I really became the man of the house. And I really took that responsibility very seriously: being the man of the house, the protector.

I'm trying so hard to win or make the right play or whatever, that you know, it kind of comes off as being selfish, but I'm not, I'm just used to being the guy.

It's just an honor to wear the U.S.A. across your chest.