I just try to make the right play, stay aggressive and defensively just do what I do. I make sure I talk to everyone and control the paint.
You can't tap somebody in the helmet and say, 'Go be physical.' If you're not physical, you can't play physical, and that's a big part of what we believe in.
To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.
I'm comfortable playing aggressively.
Once it gets to two strikes, it's time to battle, put something in play, and try to get the job done.
I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.
I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.
I always dribble for a reason, and I always head for the goal.
Football is a violent, competitive game. That's the way it was always meant to be played. You are supposed to play with an edge. You are actually supposed to impose your will on the other person to win.
There's a lot of times I'll just play too passive and since I'm not going to play defense as well as most guys can, I can't get away with passive play.
I'm not a troublemaker. People say, 'You got into a lot of incidents.' Yeah, but it was on the basketball floor.
Look, I never enjoy risking my tournament life with a marginal hand, but if you want to be a poker champion, that's exactly what needs to be done. Just don't do it too often!
Every play, I'm trying to get as many shots on the opposing team as I can, so when you get to the fourth quarter, they obviously don't want to be on the field anymore.
Durant, man! Has that killer instinct.
I like to win; I like to compete; I like to sack the quarterback.
The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class.
I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.
First year in the league, I tried to block everything. And I'd foul out. I averaged the most fouls per minute.
Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.
I don't want to be making tackles.
I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.
I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face.
I never really have a game plan other than to finish my opponent as quickly as possible.
English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.
One of the more bizarre games I played as a kid was something called 'kill the man.' It was a cross between football and rugby, which found the person carrying the ball a target of some hungry tacklers. I still don't know why we enjoyed the game because it was impossible to win.
