WILLIE CAULEY-STEIN

I'm not your cookie-cutter athlete, and that scares people. People don't know how to take that.

I'm real. I'm completely authentic.

When your teammates are telling you to score and telling you to shoot 3s, when you ain't shot a 3 in your whole life, that's cool. I mean, that makes you feel good. and, like, all the work you've put in, they are telling you to show what you have been working on.

I got some skills I can build on; I can be an all-around player.

I'm real mentally strong, so there's just not a lot that people can say to get me off of my own self and lane, and my confidence.

Some of my conversations with Jay, I'm not really saying much, just listening. It's really just learning. I'm trying to have Jay Z's money.

You're a pick-and-pop guy sometimes. You can get rolling with what the defense gives you.

A lot of NBA GMs have asked me about me why I changed my middle name to Trill. Actually, the reason why I filed the paperwork to change my name was so that I could officially add my mother's last name, Stein, to my own. My mom is my best friend, and I wanted to honor her.

I've gotten better every year. I'm only going to continue to get better and better, and I'm just scratching the surface. I'm 25 years old, and I've been hooping at a high level for a long time.

I see myself as the No. 1 player in the draft, but it is what it is. You can just take it day-by-day, put in the work, and the draft is going to be the outcome of whatever the draft is.

I have a lot of art in the house, but it's mine, friends'. Not necessarily - like, I didn't spend thousands of dollars to attain it. It's authentic, at least.

I play hard all the time and bring a lot of energy to the table.

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

Every possession matters, and everything goes down to the wire.

Being able to hedge on a ball screen and the guy coming off and being able to guard him for a brief second and then go back and block a shot in one possessions, that's big. There's not many dudes that can do that.

I think it's getting proven I've got good mechanics; I make my free throws. I handle the ball, too. I can do a lot of things I didn't do in college.

How I dress is the way I feel. If I'm wearing bright colors, I'm probably in a great mood.

Numbers don't lie. I think it's pretty cut and dry what consistency is.

I'm just trying to win something... I play with a chip on my shoulder, a real passion.

Whenever I really want to, I can paint. It kinda just goes by my emotions and feelings at the time.

I'm getting drafted because I can guard multiple positions. Anything that comes other than that, there's no pressure there.

I used to be super self-conscious about my height. I mean, going everywhere and someone just looking at you - you're never not in the spotlight.

I'm not your average athlete. I'm good at other things. I'm not just a basketball player. I'm multi-talented.

How you balance class and school and other stuff outside, then working out twice a day - as a freshman, you're thrown right into that. It's good for you. It makes you go through adversity.

I come from a town of 800 people, and you just listen to Jay Z there. You never think about meeting him. Then suddenly, one day, you're in his office, hearing stories about his whole journey.