Lonzo Ball Quotes

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

The reality of growing up is we changed schools so many times, my brother was my best friend. We have a five-year age gap, and my brother inspired me. He started boxing, and I just want to show that I could do things better than him.

Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

My mom played every sport possible. My dad is 'extremely' competitive. You can't even play Ping-Pong with him.

Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.

Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend.

It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my mom at home while my dad would take my brothers away to different tournaments and competitions. So I started doing everything they did.

Even my Mormon sister checks my rankings on Amazon.com.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

Ronaldo certainly scores goals, but I do too. He certainly scores more than I do, but we don't have the same style.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

I have two older sisters who were phenomenal sportsmen.

Having a big brother who taught me protections and blitz recognition has helped out a lot.

Suarez and I are similar and I like facing strikers like him.

I always remember being competitive. From the beginning, with my brothers, with my friends, playing at school, everything - in everything I was involved in.

I was helped by the fact that my dad is a cricket fanatic and that my three brothers and two sisters all played. It's just part of our family.

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

Whenever I get matched up with a guy, I always look at who beat him and I've got to be better than those guys.

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.

I have to win, even if I'm just playing ping pong.

Do I think my wrestling is the best? No, I think it's up there around the top.

There's plenty of times in my life I've coached against my brother, coached against people I've coached with.