Tristan Thompson Quotes

The last thing I want to do is anything to hurt the team.

If the team needs you, you need to sacrifice.

You do anything you can for your team.

There's great affection, tremendous loyalty, but anytime you open up the season, when you walk in the locker room, there is a circle, and my obligation to everyone in that locker room is the circle has to be as strong as possible to give us a chance to win.

I want to come and help the team. That's always been the same for me wherever I have played.

Whatever the team needs, I'll do.

I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

I always try to be there when the team needs me.

It was not easy, but I think Girls' Generation members showed each other a lot of sacrifice, dedication, and responsibility.

At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.

Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be.

Obviously, I try to play the game in the way that I can help the team. I know I play a little bit more defensively now, more in the role as a team player, but I think I'm doing really well in that.

I love my teammates. I'm never going to try and let them down.

Having your teammates' backs - that's what I feel being a leader is.

When a game runs out of your hands is when you look for someone like Pogba to hold the team together and give them rhythm, but I feel he only plays for himself.

So if I'm on the court or on the bench, I'm just going to support my teammates, no matter what.

I want my teammates to know I have their backs.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that.

It's nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

One has to be available, very much available, and ready to protect the interests of his colleagues.

You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.