Andre Drummond

I was never brought up to be a quitter.

I'm just here to be a leader and work on my game, work on my jump-hooks, my low-post game and just continue to get better. That's all that matters.

I can run around all day.

If I'm contested, I'm not going to shoot the pull-up 3. But if I'm wide open and someone backs up off me, I'm gonna shoot it.

I can't be compared to anybody else.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.

That's all I want to do - win games. Stats will come. That's the player I am. But I would rather win games.

It looks cool if you're averaging 20 and 20, but if you're losing games, it's not the same feeling.

Just being a college student in general is something I'll miss.

Not everyone gets the chance to be drafted.

I'm definitely going back to school to be a computer engineer.

Growing up it was always a dream. I just always thought as long as I worked hard that someone would take a look at me and know I could play in the NBA.

It's always that time of year around January where trade talks come.

I'm getting a lot better with my conditioning, making smarter moves on the floor.

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

I'm all about saving money.

I'm just myself, man. I don't really do anything crazy.

I was a very large baby. A big Oompa-Loompa.

Instagram and Twitter are the best ways to let people in on what I do - not only basketball, but having fun with my friends too.

I want to get to know my fans and let them get to know me. Give them an inside look at my life outside of basketball.

Just hearing somebody's voice in center field, it helps our guards out to know where they need to go, when the screen is coming, when the back door is coming, when the flare is coming. When different things like that happen and we're talking, it helps us all out in the long run.

In high school, I didn't have to talk. All I had to say is 'left' or 'right' when a screen was coming.

Those plays are winning plays, getting those blocks. Somebody's trying to dunk the ball and you get a block and that's demoralizing for the guy that tried to dunk the basketball.

I'm a shotblocker and I want to get everything.

As a younger guy, no one wants to be on a highlight or somebody's mix tape for their best plays of the year. For me, earlier in my career, that was something where 'I'm not sure if I should go for this,' not trying to get dunked on.

I've been working on my footwork a lot.

For me, I always think somebody's open. That's the biggest gift and the biggest curse. If I see somebody have a step, I'm passing it. But sometimes, you've got to really think and make the right plays.

Having the ball in my hand all the time and making plays, it was bound to come to a point where I knew where to get the ball to, who and when to give the ball to somebody. Just making the right decisions when I have it.

I don't worry about what the critics say.

I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'

My yoga teacher is a guy from Michigan. 'Yoga Dan' - that's what he calls himself - he's been a big help for me.

I've always done yoga but I never really spoke about it.

Obviously, people give me their opinions of Dwane Casey and everything has been nothing but positive words about him - just the way he coaches, the way he is as a human being. From what I've heard, he's a stand-up guy.

I took the time to mentally figure out what I needed to do to be the best basketball player I could be for my team.

I take pride in trying to get 5-7 assists a game and it's a lot more fun for me to run around and get my guys going.

I make at least 200 corner 3s every day before I leave the gym. I'm getting them up. I'm getting the same shot up over and over again, so I'm getting more comfortable with it.

I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.

I need to build to get better each and every day, so I'm not satisfied at all.

Everybody knows the struggles I went through coming into my career with the free throws and how much work I put into it, how many people made fun of me for not being able to stay in games, this and that.

If I'm not in the best condition, the best playing shape, I can't really do nothing for my team.

You're not going to be at the top of your game all the time. There's going to be times when you lose a few.

Through 82 games, you're not going to have a perfect season.

We all have learned throughout our careers that there are ups and downs in the NBA.

You've got to take every single play at a time, every practice at a time. You can't look forward, because you start putting too much pressure on yourself, you start to feel it.

If you set a mark, it's tough to reach because you're going to be thinking about it so much.

I just want to play as hard as I can.

I've been through trades, having different coaches, everything under the sun.

Working with coach Sweeney has really been beneficial to my career. I've never watched so much film in my life, the constant communication between he and I. He'll send me clips every day, just different things to look at, ask what I think about it and we'll communicate and have different dialogues about it.

I think just the film aspect of the game has really helped me grow as a player.

I'm not going to play with a filter anymore; I'm going to play the game I need to play to be a great player for my team.