Tristan Thompson Quotes

When I come off the bench, I'm looking to add energy, and then I play defense and rebound. Also, at the end of the game, I have the experience to go out there and help us win.

For me, being a starter doesn't matter. Of course, I'd like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as I can play. But starting and coming off the bench are two different challenges.

Obviously you want to play hard all the time, but at different moments of the game you step it up even more.

Like every player, I want to start more matches rather than be used as a substitute.

I think when you come off the bench, you know you're going to play, but you don't know really when, what time in the game, what quarter, so it's kind of different.

Coming off the bench behind a fine young center like Alonzo Mourning fits my style.

I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.

I used to produce this band, Dragons of Zynth. There's something about their live shows, which, to me, is ultimate. I mean, you feel like somebody could get hurt when you go see them live.

Every single player matters. Every single player can change the course of the game.

In a normal season, the sixth man always seems to get the most minutes on my team.

Nothing gets my blood pumping like a little Animotion.

Norbert Leo Butz is a master class in energy.

It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.

I think when you're starting you have more of a luxury. You know you're going to play 33, 35, 37 minutes per game, so you can kind of feel the game out. When you come off the bench you have to be more in attack mode. You have to make something happen immediately.

Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.

If I'm on the bench in a Premier League game, I'm thinking, 'What can I do coming off the bench?'

All I can do is my best for the team, whether that's from the bench or if I start.

I wanted to prove that I could be a starter. And then once I realized I was gonna be a sixth man and it wasn't gonna change, I just relished the role. I just said, 'I'm going to make it really hard on whoever it is that has to guard me these next 10-11 minutes that I'm in here.' And after a while you just create an identity.

I don't like it if I'm not part of the starting 11.

For me, it's more about having fun out there and competing and trying to make a difference in the game in every aspect that I can.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

In football, everything can change.

Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.

I think when guys watch me play, I think that raises the level of other guys because of the way I play the game.

The band is built on fire and venom, as is the energy that goes into racing - but it is a completely different discipline. They are very similar in a lot of ways but poles apart in others.