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1. There’s no running water in a remote Aboriginal community? I can do something about that, let’s go do it. I’ve been brought up that way. So political activism, is it that? I don’t know, because that’s not what makes me go, ‘yeah let’s do this now.’
2. I put it on myself to be a role model for all Australian kids, especially indigenous kids.
3. The values I have as a person are the same as the whole Spurs organisation and that’s why it feels like home.
4. I go about my craft as a professional and learn ways to get better, trying to carry myself in a way that I think can inspire others.
5. I want to keep educating the world on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It’s who I am. It’s what I know — even more than basketball. To be able to promote it or educate it or teach it in a way, whether it’s through cultural centers or dancing or art or anything like that, I think is what I would want to do.
6. I can’t tell you how nice and genuine the people of San Antonio are… it reminds me a lot of Australia.
7. It’s never going to be a smooth sailing ship, there’s going to be ups and downs and I think one of the most important things to understand is not to ride the highs too high and ride the lows too low — it is a marathon and if you can just try to steady the ship as you go.
8. When it comes to the green and gold, the passion starts pouring out from me to be able to create something special in that basketball space for our country. I’m absolutely dialled in when it comes to that.
9. The AFL and NRL have done an awesome job every season in acknowledging Australia’s culture and Indigenous culture.
10. I appear African-American, so it’s not until I start talking that people go, ‘Hold on, there’s something not right here.’ But it’s an awesome conversation starter. I open my mouth, they get curious, and I say, ‘Got a few minutes? Have a seat.’
11. I realize how rare it is for someone like me to reach this level. So I’m using my stature in basketball to help other people. I’m more than happy to do it.
12. The way that I represent Australia and indigenous Australia affects other people as well from other cultures.
13. There’s a part of me that’s very stereotypically Australian, with the lingo, or for lack of a better way of putting it, the way white Australians would speak. And then, Oh, that’s not all I am.
14. I understand my game better and what I do well, what I do is shoot the ball and finds ways to score and that was the feedback from the coaches to me — remember who you are and let the ball fly.
15. My heritage and my culture and where I’m from mean the most to me, more than anything,.
16. I ran track, and my pet event was the 400 meters, and I wanted to be like Cathy Freeman.
17. A lot of my teammates in the NBA call me Little Patty anyway as they are about two feet taller than me.
18. It goes without saying that there is a significant gap between the NBA and Basketball Australia in terms of catering to the players’ needs so that we can perform at a high level night in, night out.
19. I’ve always been an ambassador for Australians, non-Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Australians… I let people know about who I am and that I’m not just a basketballer, I’m a person who comes from a very rich heritage.
20. I made the team for the 2008 Olympics and you’re playing the U.S.A. in the quarter-finals and it’s like, this is awesome, this is a great feeling. We lose the game. And as a young kid like you don’t understand really what that means, you just got your backside handed to you by all-time greats.