In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.
That's what the game is supposed to be about: always wanting to get better, be the best you can be. I hold myself to that every single summer, every single year.
Every single game, I feel like I have something to prove - whether it's to myself or other people.
Everyone is expecting something in each game I'm playing. I don't have to score in every game, but I want to do my best. I want to give everything for the club, for my teammates, and myself also.
It's a 30-game season, and guys in college are big, strong, athletic and they're playing to show you what they can do to win every single game.
I believe that every single game in the Playoffs, round 1 to Eastern Conference Finals, every single game is a different game.
For me, I pride myself on every aspect of the game.
I pride myself on what I do every night. I pride myself on my work ethic and how I carry myself. I want to be mature in my approach but focused and disciplined.
I pride myself on playing just about every position on the court.
Every single day was an opportunity for me to be on the field, if I was starting, playing or not playing, every single day I came out here ready to work.
What makes you better is not playing every single game in a modest championship. What makes you better is playing 10 games in a very competitive league.
This is not the job. We are just playing the game here. I am enjoying the game. I am playing every game as a game of pickup basketball in my hometown.
I am here trying to prove myself every single game.
Every project I got, whether I was playing a friend or doing television, I just wanted to prove myself: every single take, cue, and rehearsal is an audition. That's my approach.
That's one thing I pride myself a lot more now, playing defense, I do what the team needs me to do. If we need a stop, I'll do it. That's a major, major part of my game now.
If you're not playing a big enough game, you'll screw up the game you're playing just to give yourself something to do.