Trevor Ariza

“I'm a chameleon of sorts.”

“I think pressure is a frame of mind.”

“I didn't really want to play for the Lakers, I wanted to play for the Clippers.”

“That's when you start messing up, when you put too much pressure on yourself. Just come into the game clear and just try to play hard.”

“On the court, I get the opportunity to just open up all my feelings, everything that's wrong, everything I struggle with, I get to come out here and forget about it and get it out.”

“I always thought there was more to basketball than just scoring the ball.”

“The way I do things is I take it one day at a time. Don't try to put too much pressure or stress on myself figuring out what somebody else is going to do. Just worry about what I got to do.”

“A loss is a loss, whether it's by two or two hundred, it doesn't matter.”

“We went through a whole lot in Washington, from winning 28, 29 games to going to the second round of the playoffs in two years. That was a tough time and a great time as well. Early, like my first year, it was really tough, because to be honest with you, I didn't want to be there.”

“Wherever I fit in, that's where I'm going to play.”

“I'm willing to run through a wall for my teammates, for organizations that I play for. So whatever is asked of me, I try to do.”

“When the team wins, everybody wins, so I can score two points, one point, get three rebounds, if our team wins, that's all that matters to me.”

“People get confused because we all make a lot of money and it seems crazy to the general public, but this is something that we all love to do. We play this game because we love it and if we didn't get paid for it, most of us probably would still be playing.”

“The person I used to watch growing up was Tony Bland. I just loved the way he played. He was a big guard, and I watched him a lot. He scored, he shared, he did a little bit of everything. I wanted to be a point guard, though it didn't work out that way.”

“I always imagined myself going up against Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, guys like that, and I had to make the shot to win the game.”

“Like I've been saying the whole time I've been in the NBA: anything the coach asks me to do that I can do, I'm going to try to do. Whether it's to score the ball or guard the center, I'll do it.”

“That's my first job on this earth is to make sure that my offspring are as smart as they can be and as well prepared for this world as they can be. So, I take that very seriously.”

“You trust your work. You understand throughout the season everything isn't going to be perfect, stay confident, continue to take the shots you've been taking and whatever happens, happens.”

“I'm not a big stats guy.”

“I love being a father, and I couldn't ask for better children.”