Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Gordon Hayward - Page 2

I have nothing but positive things to say about my time in Boston. I have great relationships I built there.

Bad habits can easily be formed when you're younger.

The Salt Lake fans are so passionate.

The mental side of rehab is by far more difficult than the physical side of rehab. There's a lot of time when you are alone and a lot of time when you are contemplating, a lot of time to think. The mental side is the hardest part.

I have nothing but love for everybody in Utah.

The thing I like to do the most is play-make and create for others. Obviously in my career, I've done the scoring thing as well.

Having a baby changes your life, for sure, as most parents know. It changes in a good way.

You go through slumps. The shot feels good in practice and looks good and for whatever reason in the game, they're in and out. Sometimes it gets frustrating, but for me, I've played in the league long enough to know you just have to put in the work in practice and shoot with confidence, shoot your way out of it.

There are certain times during the season when the game is a job.

I played every sport you could play until junior high and then I had to start picking a couple because there were conflicts in seasons.

You look at the top guys at each position and they all help their teams win more than anything - scoring, assists, whatever.

To have someone come and teach you the right way to play puts you on the right track when you're little.

I need to do whatever I can to help my team win.

It's easier to learn things at a younger age.

I had obviously a freak injury right when I got there and there's a lot of things that were kind of out of my control when I was in Boston.

Obviously with LaMelo, he's a fun guy to play with, he makes some exciting plays.

I'm a pretty skeptical person, and I question a lot.

I've always controlled my emotions. I think that probably came from playing a lot of tennis, keeping it inside and not letting the opponent see what's going on with you. I think it gives them an advantage when you do that.

It's been so much fun for me here in Utah and growing up here, starting a family, growing from a basketball standpoint, growing from just a man standpoint.

There's nothing like playing basketball.

There was a year in Utah when we were in the 20s in wins, then 30s, then 40s, and my last year we scratched for 50. I'm certainly going to build on that experience here in Charlotte.

Driving and getting downhill kind of opens everything up for me, opens up the shot, allows me to get to the free throw line.

Certainly, the situation I was in with Boston, we had a lot of great players.

Tennis is a great game, a great sport because you're out there by yourself, so you have to move on to the next point, next game, next set, whatever. It's the same thing in basketball. If you miss a shot, you move onto the next one. If you turn it over, you move onto the next play. That certainly helped me.

You want to take shots you practice thousands and thousands of times. You want to take those same shots in games. The easier you can find those shots, the better.

I think playing with no fans would be pretty wild. It would almost be like a scrimmage at training camp. You'd have to bring all of your own energy. Home-court advantage is pretty much thrown out the window at that point in time.

You just have to thank God for what he's given me.

I hate losing more than anything. I think losing is something that drives me.

I obviously want to be a starter.

You look at pictures of me when I was in eighth grade, and I look completely different.

Anytime you see the ball go in, especially on the first one, it's a confidence booster and sets the tone for the rest of the game.

I'm trying to make the right play a lot of times and sometimes that gets me in trouble.

I'm a big proponent of playing all sports when you're growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint to a movement standpoint. Certainty with tennis, you get the lateral quickness more than anything.

I was literally the last Jazz player left who played under Coach Sloan - and I always took that as a lot more than just some piece of trivia. That was something that truly made me feel like a part of the fabric of this franchise. And that fabric is something that has meant a lot to me, ever since.

Sometimes it's hard to be aggressive in looking for your shot if shots aren't going in.

I think all of us as NBA players have expectations of ourselves that are different from expectations from external forces and sources.

There's nothing like doing in-game stuff that you can't get from drills. You're guarding somebody, you're reacting, you're getting a rebound and trying to go straight back up with it.

There's no ill will on my end for anybody within the Boston organization or players.

Any time somebody goes through a major injury you feel for him and also what I've been through, I know firsthand what it's like.

I think sometimes with a young team, you just need to get over that initial hump to get to that next level.