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Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was named the NBA's 2013 Rookie of the Year on Wednesday.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Damian Lillard, NBA Rookie of the Year

"In a press conference back in school (Weber State University) I told the crowd there that I wanted to be Rookie of the Year and some people might say I be crazy and now here I am getting this award and, you know, I'm not surprised by it. And that's not mean to be a cocky statement but I'm not surprised by it at all cause I know that I put the work in to put myself in this position so after everything that's happened this season, I just expect more from myself. And I want everybody here to know that I expect more next season from myself because winning this award is just letting me know that everything that I did leading up to this point, it paid off. It's not about, you know, collecting some hardware and the acknowledgement and the attention - it's just reminding me that everything that I did to put myself in this position is paying off."

SOUNDBITE (English): Damian Lillard, NBA Rookie of the Year, on being a unanimous selection:

"It means a lot because coming in nobody wanted to give me this award. It wasn't like coming right out everybody was saying 'he's going to be rookie of the year.' I had to go out and prove it up and I feel like my body of work this season is what led to it so I take a lot of pride in performing every night and playing through little nagging injuries and I feel like stuff like that is what can make it unanimous - all the little things that I put in to myself that I really made my mind up I wanted to do."