Rajon Rondo

I try to do what's best for the team.

Hopefully I'll be a GM one day, or even a coach, teaching the game to the young guys.

I always feel like I can teach.

Everyone wants to believe Chris Paul is a good guy. They don't know he's a horrible teammate. They don't know how he treats people.

I think I can run a team pretty well.

What I pride myself on mostly is making the game easier for my teammates.

You can get caught up in making and missing shots, but the game is so much more.

If given an opportunity, knowing I'll play 36 minutes a night, I can perform at a high level. Spotty or inconsistent minutes, which have been the case in the past, then the numbers fluctuate.

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

I'm an extension of the coach on the floor.

I take pride in being a great teammate.

I might be out of the league if I didn't have a guy like K.G. to show me the ropes and a coach like Doc Rivers.

When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.

I play the game hard; I play the game with an edge.

When everyone touches the ball, it gives you energy and life on defense.

I just want a ring. Bottom line.

I play the game the right way.

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

People have been counting me out since Day One.

I can do the little things, play defense, dive on the floor to get loose balls, things like that.

I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it to the playoffs, I expect to win every time.

I know I'm a winner.

I take accountability for my actions.

Hard work speaks for itself.

I try to be two or three steps ahead of my guy, my opponent.

A lot of people didn't see me play in Sacramento. I think we had one TV game.

I put a lot of work in. I watch film. I study. People may knock it, but I think it's what makes me great.

You can consider me stubborn, but I think I'm really intelligent.

Whether I start or I'm the guy to come off the bench, I'll do whatever it takes.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

When everyone touches the ball, it gives everyone energy, and that translates to the defensive end, where it all starts.

I don't want to be the hardest working guy in the gym.

No better way to bond than food.

That's what I'm a big believer in, giving everyone touches and energy on both ends of the floor.

You can't let emotions get involved with what the common goal is: to win. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I don't mind being judged or pressure being put on myself.

Playing for the Bulls, playing for big organizations, like Boston, you're going to be judged from Day One. It's part of it. You signed up for it.

Getting a tear in my ACL in 2012 puts a lot of things in perspective about being able to play the game.

I believe you learn every day.

I'm going to compete every possession.

I have no doubts about what my talents can do.

I've been basically challenged my whole life.

I'm not a trash-talker.

I'm not a dirty player.

I don't really read the papers.