Bam Adebayo

I understand that we want to be in the middle of protests with our bodies and we want people to know that we're there supporting Black Lives Matter, which I'm 100 percent about. And I'm 100 percent about going to the bubble and doing it on national television where everybody sees it.

I can't dictate how I play because I'm injured. I've got to go out there and still play.

You just gotta hang around people that are really outgoing, and you'll end up, before you know it, you'll be an outgoing person.

I've just never liked giving up on anything.

I feel like I'm trying to change basketball; being a center, being able to play both sides of the ball and being able to pass as well as I can, that's a difference-maker on a team, especially at the center spot, so it's respect at all levels.

I'm an African-American man. I've got to live with that. I've got to be cautious everywhere I go.

Imagine if a mob of Black people wanted to go in the White House. Imagine what'd happen. It'd be tear gas. It'd be rubber bullets. It'd be the whole nine yards.

Like I said, being an African-American man, you can tell there's two Americas we're living in. They don't want us to be equal.

That's the thing about basketball - you do good things and you start to get recognition.

The Miami Heat represent the city of Miami.

It was kind of like an agreement, I guess you can say. It was like, 'Hey, bro, you want to be on Team USA?' And I was like, 'Yeah.' Who would say no to that? It was kind of like, 'Dang, I really get to play for my country. I get to represent and just go out there and have fun.'

I get to represent me and my family, but most importantly the Miami Heat.

It doesn't matter if it's Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, DeAndre Jordan, I'm trying to win that matchup every time.

Some guys, when they get drafted, they only think about themselves. They go buy cars and houses. I just wanted to take care of my mom.

Growing up, it was just me and my mom. I watched her struggle for 17 years, and when I was 19, I got a chance to pay off all of her debt after two paychecks. That's a crazy feeling.

If I have friends in town visiting, we'll go get dinner, but if I'm just by myself, I'm at the house, watching random TV shows.

Where I'm from, in the middle of the country, there were no clubs or parties. You had to make your own fun.

Growing up in a trailer, you think everything you get is good. I always thought it was a gift from God, because some people are out here struggling and on the street. We had warmth. We had clothes. We had a roof over our head.

'Last Friday Night'... I just heard a song, and I just liked Katy Perry ever since.

I never wanted to have a workout where I was by myself. I always wanted to have somebody to compete against.