Rockets rookie Royce White was on SiriusXM’s "Off the Dribble" explaining the state of his NBA career.

Host Justin Termine asked what the chances are that White will never play in the NBA.

White responded: "Well, you know, that’s a good question. I think that the chances are very high. And I say that just like I said before the draft that the chances were very high that I didn’t even get drafted. Because business in America, as we all know, is about one thing and that’s convenience and efficiency. And oftentimes what the efficient thing to do is not the healthiest thing to do, right? That’s why we still sell cigarettes. It wouldn’t shock me if we couldn’t be logical and say a protocol is needed because it’ll be the hard thing to do. If that’s the case then so be it. I stand on what I say and I refuse to put myself in a hazardous situation to play a sport."

Termine then asked if White was OK with never playing again, and White said "Oh, well, I’ll play again. It’ll just be a matter of where, it’ll be a matter of when, but I’ll play again."

White explains that he has refused to go to the D-League because, he explains, doing so would mean a departure from the protocol doctors have recommended for him. Some of the more interesting quotes: