DeAndre Jordan Quotes

I'm a person, and everybody wants to be an all-star. Nobody wants to just be a role-player. I've thought about it. But the number one goal is to keep winning, so I'm more focused on that than being an all-star, honestly.

Carmelo Anthony should do what makes him happy - either stay with the Knicks and be mediocre, or get with a contender and help them get over the hump.

I'm trying to be a franchise player one day.

I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to try to be in the starting XI.

I want to get into the NBA and make a name for myself.

If, say, a striker knows that scoring 30 goals in a season will lead to them winning a prestigious award then they will try that little bit harder because, regardless of what players may say, individual recognition on the world stage is important.

Watching a guy go from not having ever played an NBA game before to growing up and developing into an All-Star player, that's probably the most rewarding thing that you can do as a coach.

This is a special class right here, to be an All-Star in the NBA. I don't think anybody would have thought when I was coming in the league that I would get this accomplishment. This is special. I don't know where I would rank it, but it's definitely high on the list.

It was never about trying to make the All-Star Game. It's about being back at that high level to help a team win.

The main reason I have joined Everton is not to try to help my England ambitions - that will come if I am playing consistently well for Everton.

I was fortunate to be in a great situation in Canton, be the leader of the team my rookie year. I got to show a lot of people that I was an NBA player on a nightly basis.

If we win, a lot of guys are going to be noticed. That's my main focus is winning at the end of the day. If guys get recognized, they get recognized. It's obviously a great deal individually, but I'm trying to win.

I expected to be a pretty good NBA point guard and hopefully win a championship. But MVP and all this stuff? Not really.

I still can't believe I'm even in the NBA. Me? Hah.

I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.

I've done did a lot of things in the NBA, made a lot of stuff, so I'm happy with what I've done.

When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you lost, you had to work to get the arena.

Pau Gasol is one of the best big men in the game.

When I'm older and my children have grown up, I would like to coach in the NBA.

In my mind, LeBron James is the best player in the league.

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

Just being in the NBA is crazy and also after every bucket that I make or every pass it's kind of like, 'Woah, I just did that.' It's been awesome.

Being in the NBA, being successful, being able to win championships at the highest level in the world, there's certain core values that you have, certain things you have to follow.

At Ajax, Juventus, and with Holland, I have played with top teams, and now I want to use my experience to reach the same goal with Fulham.

To be part of the All-Star group is a great honor. It means a lot.