“You just gotta hang around people that are really outgoing, and you'll end up, b…” — 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.

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.