DeMarcus Cousins

I didn't have the best Christmases, but my mom and family did what they could.

You are either with me or you're not.

This is a frustrating sport. There are a lot of emotions involved.

I want to put Sacramento back on the map.

Sometimes I let some of the small things take over. It can be a simple thing, like a call going the wrong way, and it takes me all off.

I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.

If you was somewhere walking down the street and somebody says something crazy to you, you're going to react. So just because it's a basketball event doesn't mean those emotions go out the door or us being a human being goes out the door. It's the same thing.

There are ignorant individuals in every city.

I love it here in New Orleans.

The body can take you wherever your mind goes. If I can do it in my mind, I think my body will follow.

I've kind of been doubted my whole life. I use that as fuel to continue to push every single day.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

We in a nasty business, at times. I don't even say that in a good or bad way. It's just no place to get too emotional.

I'm a Mobile, Alabama kid.

So you know, the people that do know me, they know I can be very stubborn.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

I know who I am as a person. And the people that matter around me know who I am.

Dream big and anything is possible.

Believe in yourself.

Nobody can tell you what your destiny is.