Tristan Thompson Quotes

In sports, you play up to the level of your opponent, and I did some of my best work with Chevy, and I'm so grateful to have worked opposite him. He was a handful and a challenge, and he made me step up to the plate.

If we have to battle through some adversity during the year, sometimes that can be the best thing for a team.

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

I'm not afraid of any competition. I'm not going to be intimidated by any player or team. That is fundamental in football if you want to do well.

You see it all the time, in all divisions, that teams raise themselves and apply themselves that little bit more when they play a 'bigger team.'

In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me - and I always like a challenge.

To go against the Miami Heat is just a blessing. I'm going to go out there and have fun.

We have to respect the opponents but we also have to believe in ourselves.

I always try to find something where I feel like I'm kind of the underdog and kind of put that little chip on my shoulder.

As a playing group you don't go into the game thinking about whether you're the underdog or not.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.

The whole 'SmackDown' roster has a chip on its shoulder.

If we play hard and we compete, we match up with any team. I feel like we have the personnel to go all the way.

There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.

I've got a feeling that if it's so easy for you - the struggle and the initiative are not as strong as they are for a person who has to struggle and therefore has more to say.

To be that man, you've got to beat the man. Woooo!

I was raised to face any challenge.

I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.

Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcomed. It is an intruder and a thief. But in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which HIS Supernatural Power is demonstrated.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.