Zach LaVine Quotes

I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward.

Since I've gotten stronger, I can hold a guy off and get a rebound.

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.

I'm no slouch, but when comparing LeBron's game, I'm usually left out.

I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they 'slam dunk.' That's sexy.

I want to be the goal scorer and the play maker out there. I have been doing that all my life.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.

Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.

That's the nicest part of football; you can't do everything to stop a player.

Greg Anthony's a good player.

Oh, if I played in the All-Star game, I'm playing defense - hard for the first quarter. And I want to get a couple of dunks, too, like I do in a regular game.

I'm not really a flashy dunker or a show dunker unless somebody's in front of me. That's the only time I really get wide-eyed: when I can dunk on somebody. If it's a wide-open dunk, I've never been the type to dunk it real hard wide-open and scream.

I'll never be in a dunk contest again. I don't ever want to be a part of it.

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

I believe that I'm one of the best defenders in this league; I take a lot of pride in that.

If you ask somebody who played basketball against me in the first grade and you watch a tape, it's been with me since I was a kid. I've always had this mentality to go out there and defend.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

I pride myself on being able to make all the throws.