Aaron Gordon

“I'm used to not over-helping and over-committing because I'm usually guarding the best player on the floor.”

“I constantly have abs. It doesn't matter what I eat or do, I have abs.”

“All I can do is be myself, play my game and try to develop it.”

“Winning is the ultimate.”

“I can play one through five, and if you need that that night, I could do it.”

“I have a ridiculous sweet tooth. Chocolate, candy, cake, ice cream, cookies, M&Ms - if it has sugar in it, I love it.”

“I've taken way too many shots in practice to count.”

“Being a Cali kid and growing up watching him play, everybody wanted to be like Kobe. He was a special player.”

“Developing a resiliency, a grit, a level of poise, a composure, a level of perspective, confidence, courage, compassion. These are all things you can work on daily.”

“In Orlando we were searching for a culture, searching for an identity, and it was tough. We had five different coaches in five years. Two different sets of GMs.”

“When you do something consistently, you get better. I don't care how good you are, you'll keep getting better.”

“They're going to make a few shots here and there, but my job is to play defense to the best of my ability regardless of who I'm guarding.”

“It is OK to play multiple positions. It's not like you have to be locked into one.”

“Winners are just people who have gone through failure and have responded better than the rest.”

“That's the joy of chasing a dream - being rewarded for relentlessly chasing it.”

“All you want to visualize is you hitting shots, getting to your spots, hitting the open man, running the lane, winning the game and hitting the game-winner.”

“Throughout the game, there are going to be things that go on - when you make a bad play or have a bad turnover - you don't want to visualize that.”

“Win, to me, stands for 'What's Important Now.'”

“I like to play defense. That's my niche.”

“China is amazing.”