DeAndre Jordan

“I get upset when people score on us, especially when it's an easy basket. Everybody's super talented in this league, but you want to make it tough for guys.”

“Growing up, I was a parks and recs kid.”

“Well, I'm definitely gonna focus on being a better all-around player.”

“Oh, if I played in the All-Star game, I'm playing defense - hard for the first quarter. And I want to get a couple of dunks, too, like I do in a regular game.”

“Yeah, I don't shy away from the line anymore.”

“It's hard to have fun with your friends with your bosses around.”

“People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.”

“I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will get that.”

“I'm going to continue to get better at the line.”

“At the end of the day, people do what's best for themselves and their family.”

“When they first told me, 'Oh yeah, you developed asthma,' I was like, 'What? There's no way. How do you develop asthma? You're supposed to be born with that.'”

“I just don't want to go to the All-Star game to be in the dunk contest and go home. I want to be there competing in the game with a couple of my teammates.”

“Tim Duncan is one of the greatest power forwards in the history of our game. Being younger and just watching him play, winning championships, that was always cool to be able to play against him.”

“My first, second, third, fourth and fifth priority is definitely defense. I want to be everywhere and help everybody.”

“It is an honor to represent my country in the Olympics.”

“I didn't really lift consistently before I got to the NBA. In college, I would skip out on it or not do as many reps because, honestly, I didn't like it. I was like 'Man, I'm not going to put on weight, I'm always going to be skinny, I'm not going to be big as the sky.'”

“The leadership aspect of U.S.A. basketball has really helped me out a lot.”

“It's awesome for your coach to trust you and have confidence in you.”

“I know what I can bring to a team and I want to do that.”