LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel bad saying this but, I can't eat that because I'm on a diet. So, if I'm eating breakfast tacos, I'm not going to play well.

I think my wingspan helps me out on defense, because I can cover a little more ground and block a few more shots.

I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.

I've always had a very cordial relationship with Kobe.

I'm in the process of building a separate house behind my house, just for shoes. Like a little show room.

I'm from Texas.

You have to do your job and put your best foot forward and focus on what you have to do to win.

The key to win is playing defense.

As I get slower and older, I'm going to shoot more threes.

I think since I've focussed on my form more my shot has been better.

It's an offensive foul if you go into the defender's body, but if I fade and a guy runs into my leg, it's a foul.

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

I think working so hard in Portland to earn the right to have it be my team and to have my own team over the years and try to play at a high level, that was hard-earned.

I want to win a ring, get better and try to learn.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

I feel like, I go out and play hard every day and I'm going to practice every day, I'm going to block shots.

My long arms help me as I try to become more versatile.

The issue you have with two competitive guys being brought up the same way is that you don't have one person who goes out of his way to make a relationship.

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

Since I've gotten stronger, I can hold a guy off and get a rebound.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

I miss playing basketball and the city of Portland and the Rose Garden.

When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.

I'm actually a better passer out of the post than I am in pick-and-rolls.

I don't like change.

I don't forget nothing. It's a vault up here.

When I'm going good, there's not one guy who won't give me the ball.

I came from poverty and a tough household where we didn't have enough money to really eat, to where I am now. I know it was God giving me the guidance.

If you believe in God, you shouldn't worry. I know I'm one of His children and that He will stand by me.

I feel that teams with players who are very close end up winning.

I struggle with playing low minutes and trying to keep a rhythm. I've just never been able to do it.

When I was really rolling in Portland, I was top five in minutes.

I'm probably one of the most misunderstood people in the league.

I feel like everything with me gets blown out of proportion. I think it's because I'm so quiet about things that people just run with anything they hear.

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

It was never about trying to make the All-Star Game. It's about being back at that high level to help a team win.

The Spurs really are a family.

I've been told that I've shot the ball a lot better since I've been injured, so that's kind of weird.

I like my little shell. I like my little circle of three or four people that I'm close to. I think that comes off as bad to people that don't really know my personality.

Man, I'm pretty spoiled in San Antonio. I don't do media every day.

I've had to fight through a lot of adversity, but I just kept fighting.

I'm a private person; I'm pretty to myself.

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

I'm a mid-range guy and most teams give that up, but that's what I do.

Some days, you wake up with extra energy, that extra juice.

When I think about it, it's kind of weird, but I do take shots without looking at the rim sometimes.

I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.

When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing.

I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life.

I don't like new environments. I don't like being around a lot of new people. It makes me uncomfortable.