Aaron Gordon
My dad was an absolute dunker.Collection: Dad
Darryl Dawkins and Dominique Wilkins had power, power, power all over your head. Julius Erving was the one-leg, right-handed, cradle and the elevation. Blake Griffin could get all the way over somebody. And Spud Webb was a little guy dunking so you had to respect that, too.Collection: Respect
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.Collection: Courage
I love movies, I love going to movies, getting popcorn and candy, and now I get to see myself in movies.Collection: Movies
Patience is a sign of maturity.Collection: Patience
It's just about doing whatever you can to help the next person - no matter who they are - achieve their goals, reach their dreams or feel special about themselves.Collection: Dreams
Basketball is a medium. Sports is a medium. But it's for every day life. It's to help you alleviate suffering and replace it with peace, love and compassion.Collection: Sports
Every game you have the chance to be the best on the court.Collection: Chance
China is amazing.Collection: Amazing
Winners are just people who have gone through failure and have responded better than the rest.Collection: Failure
Everybody has bad days, but how you respond to it is a testament to whether you are a winner or a loser.
What I miss most about San Jose? I miss my family. I miss my house. I miss my backyard. My backyard is where I spent most of my childhood growing up. That's my happy place. Anytime I need to go somewhere, that's where I go.
I see myself capable of playing multiple positions.
There's just a lot of really great life lessons that you can take out of chess... I think that's one of my favorite parts about it is it's very competitive, but it's totally cerebral.
I'm so tight in my joints, shoulders, hips, and ankles. It keeps me explosive, but at the same time, I could probably be more explosive if I had more give in my ankles and hips.
I constantly have abs. It doesn't matter what I eat or do, I have abs.
You have to make sure that your body is completely warmed up before you play. Stretching properly is also so important.
I have a ridiculous sweet tooth. Chocolate, candy, cake, ice cream, cookies, M&Ms - if it has sugar in it, I love it.
Winning is the ultimate.
You've got to visualize your success out there on the court.
When you do something consistently, you get better. I don't care how good you are, you'll keep getting better.
I don't care how good of a defender you are, if your team isn't getting wins, you aren't going to get D-POY.
I love passing.
Potential is universal; opportunity, not so much.
T-Mac was a beast, man. He had everything. There wasn't anything that T-Mac couldn't do on the basketball court.
Being a Cali kid and growing up watching him play, everybody wanted to be like Kobe. He was a special player.
I play the game to the best of my abilities regardless of where I am on the floor.
I've gotten a lot better in the post.
I'm going to do the best for my team, whoever I guard.
I think when I was younger there was so much that I was putting on myself and I forgot how much fun the game was. When you're out there having fun, that's when you're at your best.
I want to make it evident that I am somebody who will lead by example.
I can play one through five, and if you need that that night, I could do it.
I'm just looking to preach a winning culture, winning habits and being all about winning.
I want to set up after-school programs, have basketball camps for the kids and help in the community.
It doesn't matter to me, honestly, with which guys I'm guarding as long as I go in knowing what I'm trying to do.
I just have to stay out there on the court, stay healthy and things will continue to fall in place for me.
I think that's what makes a true great basketball player: playing both ends.
That's what I'm looking to do - distribute the ball and make the game easier on everybody's that on the floor and they do the same for me.
I've taken way too many shots in practice to count.
With dunking, there are going to be new dunks forever and ever.
For me, it's just about keep moving the ball and keep making the right play and the numbers will come.
I think the ultimate thing is basketball will never be what makes me 100 percent happy. This has always been my dream and this has always been my love. But no matter how many points you score or how few points you score, basketball will never be able to fill 100 percent of your happiness.
Being able to play in meaningful games just allows me to just go all out every night and expect nothing less than a win.
I understand what it's like to be a kid and look up to an NBA player. It just inspires me to reach more people. It means the world to me.
That's pretty much the only way that I know how to play - as hard as I can.
With the evolution of basketball there's always going to be new types of players and moves.
Assisting is fun. Assisting is scoring. They're on the same level to me.
Anybody who is talented and skilled enough to lace up their shoes and put them on the hardwood at the highest level of the NBA, it's a brotherhood among teammates.
It is OK to play multiple positions. It's not like you have to be locked into one.
Stats are only fulfilling if you win.