107 Quotes by Tristan Thompson

I started playing basketball at such a late age.

I'm a team-first guy.

Basketball is definitely basketball and that's what we love to play, but in the NBA, there's a business side of it. It's a very serious matter and it's important. It's important to me, it's important to my family.

Even though I don't live at home and I'm four hours away from home, I talk to my mom every day - ask how the kids are doing, ask how she's doing, too.

If I play two minutes, three minutes, 20 minutes, it don't matter to me. As long as we win.

Guys see that I come to work every day, punch the clock. They see that, and I think my voice is respected because of it.

I understand my teammates. I know which teammates you can get on during the game, and which respond better to constructive criticism.

This is the NBA. Everyone can score points.

So with the skinnier guys, you definitely want to make sure you get a body on them; that's how you take away big guy's length, by getting into their bodies.