“I need to stay focused and concentrate on the little things I need to ...” — Mike Conley Jr. Quote

I need to stay focused and concentrate on the little things I need to do to improve my game.

There's no better way of getting yourself back into a rhythm and back into game shape than playing a game. You can't really mimic that in practice.

In Memphis we don't talk. We ball.

I almost got traded my rookie year or my second year in the league.

It's hard to be a team when you're battling yourselves.

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.

Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just concentrate on what they're going to say, and they're not listening. You have to listen in order to see where the other person is going to.

Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.

I tried to double major in Psychology & Theater at Loyola Marymount but felt I needed to concentrate more on theater.