- "... I'm going straight through them. And I'm not playing for those fouls, but I'm going to get fouled. This is part of the game. I can't control it. I'm very aggressive. I initiate the contact and that's my game. If it's hard to stop, you’ve got to own it or do something else."
- I asked Deni Avdija for his reaction to Tari Eason's "zebra" comment. His response: "That made me laugh, for real. Let's address it. I drive the most in the league. I'm very physical. I'm not shying away from contact. I'm going downhill. And I don't care who's in front of me ..." (continued)