Tristan Thompson

“I've played center, power forward. Wherever I can help my team be successful, whether that's playing power forward or center, I'm going to come out and do my job. Nothing changes.”

“Ever since I joined the Cavilers, my job has always been the same. I just come out and play hard. Be a hard hat guy, punch in the clock and just play my game. That's not going to change.”

“The weight room prevents you from getting injuries, keeps your body durable and, working out even during the season, it helps a lot. It keeps your body loose, it keeps strengthening your body, especially the functional stuff.”

“I understand my teammates. I know which teammates you can get on during the game, and which respond better to constructive criticism.”

“I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league.”

“I'm not going to change my game.”

“My favorite movie is 'Coming to America.' It's a great movie! Eddie Murphy. Arsenio Hall. It kind of reflects my life - being from Canada and coming to America. I can kind of relate to it.”

“I come from a family where some nights you don't know where food's going to come from. There's nights where you're going to have go to bed hungry.”

“Obviously I love playing the game of basketball. That's what God blessed me to do.”

“The big goal is playing in June, so I'd rather be in the best shape I can be in health-wise than be dragging with nagging injuries or not being 100 percent trying to get to the Finals.”

“Whatever the team needs me to do to help us succeed, that's what I'm about.”

“Just play hard, compete, energy, hit the offensive glass.”

“I understand that at the end of the day it's about winning and if you win, we all look good - whether you come of the bench or you start.”

“If I was stuck on an island with one artist's discography, it'd probably be Jay-Z's. It would keep me entertained and it has a lot of stories behind it.”

“When you look at not just for Sixth Man but also for any award in the NBA even when it comes to the MVP, you should look at their impact to their team.”

“You never know what's going to happen throughout the course of a season.”

“We need everyone, every game. So I'm not going to put myself in the position to hurt my team or my teammates.”

“This is what being an athlete's all about, being able to give back to our community, the people that support us night in, night out.”

“Play good basketball and you are going to get guys' best games.”

“I have to always go back to Tim Horton's, it's my favorite spot. I remember growing up as a kid - my mom, every Saturday morning she'd go the hairdresser and she'd give me two dollars to go buy donuts.”