Zach LaVine Quotes

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that.

As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

I do look at leader boards. I want to know where I'm at.

As long as I land my run, I'm pretty happy with myself.

I actually felt bad because I was dunking the ball so much. I led the league in dunks one year, and they told me that was the wrong thing to do.

I want to win medals for myself.

I didn't think I would have an Olympic medal at 21, but I knew I would give my best and play my game. I just viewed it as my first Olympics and that I would take it one match at a time, but to bring a silver home made me very, very happy.

Winning the Diamond League with a personal record, it's like icing on the cake.

I always worked to be the best player.

My job is to give 100 per cent so that I can walk away completely satisfied with the race I put together irrespective of placings.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

I want my performance to be at the highest level of anybody in the company. I want to make everybody step up to me.

Everybody wants to come out and win the gold, and sometimes it takes a personal best, sometimes it doesn't. But to be able to have all those pieces come together, it's a great feeling.

Obviously I want to win all the big tournaments - I would hate to look back and not have won them. I also think, for me, there's something about reaching a certain level rather than getting a certain number of wins.

Why am I working so hard? Going for 400 books, perhaps, but who's really counting?

When I came back on the rink in 2012, I set a goal of wrapping up my career well rather than just winning medals. I'm not preparing for any special skills for Sochi because I don't feel like they are necessary.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

If I can score goals, then why not, I think the fans will love to see that. I have a big career looking ahead and I want to impress.

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.

You succeed and accomplish and accomplish; the problem is when you stop, you become depressed because you could never do enough.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.