“When you're from the islands, that's that pride.” — Deandre Ayton Quote

When you're from the islands, that's that pride.

To me, I don't even think I had a childhood. From when I was a baby to 12 years old, yes. But as soon as I left the Bahamas, that stuff was over. It was just straight business. I'm on a mission. That's how it's always been.

When I was younger, I watched Spiderman, and they had the Green Goblin, and before the Green Goblin died, he told Spiderman that it wasn't him, it was the Green Goblin that was killing all those people. I thought, 'Hmm, I should try to change my personality sometimes when it comes to interviews.'

I wasn't really a student of the game. I just played it because I loved it. I didn't really look into the greats as much. They just put a ball in my hand, and I did what the coach told me to.

When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here since '94.

When I was four years old, we lived in the Fiji islands, but I don't remember much.

There is so much more to the Philippines than just Manila. The beauty is in the neighboring islands.

I'm most fascinated by remote places and lonely islands, which are also the hardest places to reach.

I'll always say this: my name is Patrick Mills, I'm a Kokatha man from South Australia, and I'm a Naghiralgal and Dauareb-Meriam man of the Torres Strait Islands.