When I was a rookie, what motivated me was trying to win Rookie of the Year and play the best that I could that I would compete so hard.
Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.
I'd like to win Rookie of the Year.
There are a lot of things that you learn as a rookie and you grow the most, I would say as a rookie from your first year to your second year.
It's an honor to win the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.
I hadn't won in Europe for two years, although I won twice in America last year, but it's great to come back and win. You never want to go a year without a win. It's very special to win and I'm really happy the way I did it.
I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.
Going into my rookie year I expect to play well and I expect to win a lot of games.
One goal I want to accomplish is I want to be known as the hardest-working guy on the team my rookie year.
I'm not big on rookie hazing. I didn't wanna be hazed as a rookie, so I definitely didn't want to do it to others.
For me, I spent four years at Duke, and I was 22 my rookie year. For a lot of guys, I was old as a rookie, but nothing could prepare me for the NBA, both on the court and off the court.
Rookie year you get out there and want to make as many plays as possible, then second year you want to be perfect, and then you kind of find a combination between the two - making a lot of plays and trying to be as perfect as possible.
Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.
I almost got traded my rookie year or my second year in the league.
Every veteran out there, veteran or rookie, they want to go to the Super Bowl and win it and get the best opportunity.
I'm trying to be a sponge. People say, 'Well, that's what your rookie year is.' I still feel that way in my second year.