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True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches.

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.

My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

In the NBA, you're taking a bunch of different talents, and you're managing them. You have to give them a system; you have to give them a belief. That's why coaches like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are so great: because they gave the team confidence in the system and in their ability to execute night in and night out.

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.