Tristan Thompson Quotes

You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

I've always had a great interest in sports that embody the values of commitment, hard work and teamwork - all values I strongly believe in.

Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.

I'm a big fan of the game. Seeing these young guys play at the level that they are, I just wish I was 22, 23 years old so I can handle the game the way they do.

I don't see anyone playing in the major leagues today (1982) who combines both the talent and the intensity that I had. I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

I was trying my best to just stop that ball from going over the fence, I'd sacrifice my body if I have to. I've done that my whole career.

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

I'm focusing on being the best I can for my teammates - catching as many balls and putting in as many good blocks as I possibly can.

I feel I play hard every time I step on the field.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

That's kind of what I got in the NBA for. I want to go against superstars that would be a good challenge for me.

Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league.

I have confidence in my game. I can get up and run the floor to the best of my ability, and above all, I'm going to play my hardest.

You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

All I can do is play as hard as I can play, make as many plays as I can make and try to help my team win football games.

Every day, every game, I leave it all out there.

I just love playing the game. I learned it from my father, and he taught me to play every play as hard as you can, whether it's a run or it's a pass. I'm not going to be able to play forever, so I might as well go all out when I am.

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

I've been lucky enough to always recognize to leave stuff on the court, on the court.

When I'm on the pitch, I just want to give as good a performance as possible.