Kawhi Leonard Quotes

I think preparing every week like it's the most important game in the world makes things a little easier once you get in situations where a lot more people are watching and it might be a lot more important for people outside of the building.

Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don't have time to sit and ponder.

If you want to win, you come to play; I don't come to half-step. If you think that you're No. 2 out there, then you won't be nothing. You can't have that. You have to be No. 1. That's the thing.

You can never take your foot off the gas pedal. You have to play the right way at both ends.

You go to a contest, and it's like, 'OK, I'm here for two weeks. All my energy, time, thinking, and everything is going toward that.' Everything you're doing is building toward the score at the end.

People sometimes have a false view of track and field, that it's kind of soft and kind of friendly. And guys aren't necessarily laughing and joking, but everyone's just friendly and 'ha ha, he he.' I just came in and just was like, 'Nah, I don't know what y'all talking about, but every single time I step on the line, I'm trying to win.'

For me, every tournament is important, and I feel that if I don't go into them with 100 per cent focus, I will not be ready for the Grand Slams.

I'm going to compete every possession.

I like to relax; of course I do! But when I am inside the pitch, that is it. You have to go on full on from the first minute.

What's important to us is developing the habit of playing harder than our opponent every night.

My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be a great player in this league, you have to focus on one thing - the bottom line, which is winning.

People who know me know that I don't talk about the play-offs. It's not an issue for me at all.

It's OK, but I'm trying to win the Super Bowl and take it one game at a time. I'm not worried about MVP, you know? If it comes, it comes.

I approach every game with the same level of seriousness.

If we want to fight at the end of the season for big things and to lift trophies, you need to keep that intensity always.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.

When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

We have to win that game. But we have to win every game, that's the way it's always been.

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.