Deandre Ayton Quotes

I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

If there's a loose ball, dive on the floor. If you can take a charge, do that. The playoffs are all about scratching. Whatever it takes.

I want it more. That's all it really is. Nobody wants to get hit every possession to get a rebound, and I want to.

Oh, I get pretty fired up on the court. I try to play with a lot of emotion, especially when I'm playing in front of a large crowd. I want to go out and do my best, and to do that, I have to play with the most energy possible.

It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for sixty minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us. We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man.

If that's my job to lead and if that's my job to go out there and play defense, take charges, dive into the stands, then that's what I'm going to do if that's what it takes to win basketball games.

I'll dive on loose balls. I'll get the winning rebound, hit the winning shot. I'll do whatever it takes to win a game.

The most important thing to me is how hard we go after the ball and take care of it.

It doesn't matter who's under the basket, I'm going to try to slam or block the shot.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

Just play hard, compete, energy, hit the offensive glass.

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Whenever I'm out on the field, I love to go full-go.

I'm aggressive on the field and a team-man to the core.

But I am a basketball player going out there to compete, I am going to try to win no matter what. That is just in my blood.

I'm a shotblocker and I want to get everything.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

I'm the type of guy, I get mad if I see you keep dribbling in front of me. I'm going to try to get it eventually. I just got a knack for the ball, I guess.

I give no quarter, and I ask for none. Out there, I'm going to fight for my team and do the best I can.

'Intensity' is a good word. It's like ambition, if it's not ambition at expense of someone else.

I play hard for my ballclub. Whatever uniform I put on, I'm going to bleed and die.

Defense is something I've always taken pride in from college and high school.

I'm going to compete every possession.

It killed me being on the bench and watching my teammates play. I wanted to be out there helping them win. But that gave me more motivation.