Brandon Ingram Quotes

I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always stayed with me.

Tony Allen is a good defender, very smart.

It's a war of wills out there on the court. You have to have a stronger will than your opponent, and every guy on your team has to feel that same way against the guy he's guarding.

I feel the need to really get after a guy defensively and showing that.

Every rookie that thought they was good, I went at them to make sure they knew I was the best point guard in the league, and they had to go through me. That's just the way I was.

To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.

That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.

I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.

It's how I've been playing my whole life, guarding the best player on the other team.

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.

I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.

We like to play with a chip on our shoulder.

I just try to play hard defensively.

I don't think the Lakers could control Tony Parker's ability to get into the paint, so his health is the key for San Antonio.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.

Defense all starts with the ball and the rim-protector is the last resort, the last line of defense. I take pride in that.

My mentality when guarding a point guard was always to try and disrupt him and take them out of the offense.

People say I'm cold, that I'm impersonal on the court. Well, let me tell you, it's blood and guts out there.

I've had some difficulties, but I've also done some good things on defense. So it's just all about effort... You've got to take it personal and work as hard as you can on that end of the floor.

Defending is easy. You just have to want to defend. It's not like defending is hard. It's just, like, more of an attitude.

I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet. I want to dunk on my nephews. I'll block my 2-year-old's shot to make it hard on them.

In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow and a hand on you and is a strong defensive player.

As someone who has carved out a career in this league by making winning plays, being tough on defense and just generally doing the dirty work for my team, I always hesitate to say any player is unguardable. I just hate that term.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

I don't need players who won't track back, and I'm certainly not keen on specialists.