Going to the Portland Trail Blazers, who actually took the time to invest in me, was perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me in my career. I got to a small market where I could focus on basketball, basketball, basketball. No distractions.
My only focus and our only focus as players is to be focused on our job, in the gym and do what we're supposed to do. We get paid a lot of money to play basketball, and that's what we got to focus on.
That's a good feeling when you can really just focus on basketball, focus on your role, on how you can help the team.
I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.
I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.
During the season, the main focus is always basketball.
When it came to basketball, I was a fanatic. I started to focus solely on basketball the summer before my freshman year in high school. I worked on my shooting in the driveway, drawing up charts where I recorded each day's performance. I spent hours working alone on ball-handling. I ran five miles a day and played games against my friends.
My focus since I've been playing basketball is winning.
I've just been trying to focus on the basketball and not the business of the game.
I just try to focus in to what I'm supposed to do at the line and shoot the basketball.
I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.
I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.
When I grew up, I never - I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
My focus is on comfort, so I tend to keep it simple and casual - both during and after the basketball season.
I'm mature enough to understand I can find time to do other things without disturbing my focus for basketball.
A big part of what kept me focused on the music was already failing with basketball. I played basketball all of my life. When basketball didn't work, I knew that I had to make it in whatever I decided to do next.