Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Trevor Ariza
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Kobe was like a brother to me, for sure.
Teams make runs and you just have to stay focused.
I started to get a whole lot of attention in the 10th grade. That's when I kind of came out of a little bit of a shell, or whatever, as far as basketball was concerned. I stopped being so goofy. For a high school kid, my game matured a little faster. It got better from the ninth to tenth grade.
I'm just a big kid at heart.
No, I don't put no pressure on myself, I just go out and play the game.
A team is not one individual, its everybody.
I've always been a player who is a team guy.
I always thought there was more to basketball than just scoring the ball.
It took for me to get to the Lakers and for my teammates to help me get through that mental block that I had. Anytime I was open, anytime it even looked like I might be open, they always told me, 'Shoot the ball. We don't care if it goes in or if you don't make it. Just shoot it.'
I play to win, because I think that's when you get the most praise is when you win.
The doctors told me I had a bone deficiency, so I had to get my vitamin D up. I've been drinking a lot more milk. Still don't like it though.
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.
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.
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.
There's no crying in basketball.
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.
One minute, you're 18, 19. The next minute, you're 33.
I don't play for self-recognition, none of that stuff.
I get the job of guarding the 'tough guy' every night so I just try to bring the same energy every night with whoever it is that I'm facing.
What you see is what you get. I'm not going to beat around the bush about anything.
Whatever helps our team win, that's what I'm going to do.
Whether I'm shooting the ball, playing defense, anything I can do to help the team win, that's what I try to do to the best of my abilities.
My favorite player of all time is Deion Sanders, so football is my first love. When I was little, I focused more on football, definitely.
It's hard to describe the profound way James Harden changes the game of basketball when he's on the court. It's not easy to capture the way he can see two or three steps ahead of everyone else. James is unlike any player I've ever played with.
Superstar NBA players don't just change positions in their prime. Not eight years into their careers... not when they've been consistently at the top of the league in scoring... and especially not when their team lacks another dominant scorer.
In order to be a great team you have to be selfless.
My son is an L.A boy, just like his daddy.
I would like to play for as long as I feel like I can play at an elite level, however long that is is how long I would like to play.
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.
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.
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.
No, you can't practice fouling.
Bottom line: If I'm open, I'm going to shoot the ball.
I'm not worried about who's starting and who's coming off the bench.
My experience in Orlando was a good one. I made some good friends.
Whatever is asked of me I try to do.
The most important thing for me is feeling like I'm part of something.
I hate when people score on me.
You have to be a real live dog to come out there and compete every night.
Everybody wants to start.
I learned that no matter what you do, nothing's going to be given to you, and you always have to work for everything you get.
Playing basketball is a game that I love. I've been doing it since I was a kid. It's what I always wanted to do.
I didn't really want to play for the Lakers, I wanted to play for the Clippers.
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.
I'm not a big stats guy.
To me, James Harden is like basketball's Picasso - he's an artist whose work you respect, even if you don't always understand its significance until later. (Or maybe Van Gogh or some other artist - I'm not an art history buff, but you get my point).
I don't think you ever really get over losing a sibling, especially when you are with that person every day.
I love my family a lot.
In order to get better, you've got to give to your team. If you give to your team, everybody sees it, everybody feels it, and it makes the next person next to you want to give to you.
I love being a father, and I couldn't ask for better children.
When you're young and in the NBA, it makes you grow up fast.
I looked at basketball as something that I love and escape from the real world, and in order to continue to escape the real world, you got to work hard at it.
Wherever I fit in, that's where I'm going to play.
The past is not going to get us anywhere. We've got to play for the moment.
Hey, everybody is entitled to think what they want to think.
For me, the main thing is to continue to work, continue to grind on everything and stay focused.
I work hard, extremely hard worker.
I wasn't going to play in New York. By trading me to Orlando, I got a chance to play.
I don't cry over the past or worry about spilled milk.
When you have players who are hungry to win, you don't have to tell them much.
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