107 Quotes by Tristan Thompson

We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.

The one bad thing sometimes when you switch 1 through 5, guys think it's easier and they relax. You have to be just as aggressive. If we're going to switch 1 through 5 we got to meet that point of entry at the ball and be physical.

It was more my uncle - my mom's brother - and my aunt who turned me on to hoops. He was more into basketball and he'd take me to Raptors games. And then my dad started taking me with him. And I started falling in love with the game.

Goal of mine is to make first team All-Defense. The way you do that is guarding the best players.

If I'm not on the court, I have to be there to cheer my teammates on and from the sideline be there mentally and keep guys locked in and focused.

I don't care if X don't like X off the court... As long as you're on the court playing hard and playing for each other, that's all that matters to me.

Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, bigs have to protect the rim and can't give nothing easy to nobody.

We don't got to talk to each other off the court. As long as we talk on the court, on the defensive end, that's all that matters to me.

I'm not going to change my game.