Top 55 Andrew Wiggins Quotes

At the end of the day I’m a basketball player. I’m going to try and shoot more threes than mid-range or long twos or whatever. But if someone gives you a shot, you’re a basketball player, you got to make reads and play.

You can’t be a great player without playing both ends of the floor. And that’s what I do – I really focus in, and my athletic ability helps me.

You want to win everything you can in practice.

In high school and stuff I would watch Kobe clips.

Always dress like you’re going somewhere better.

The game of basketball is full of runs.

We all have to go into the game and play hard, no days off, no possessions off and when we get a little lead don’t get comfortable.

As a young guy, you talk to the assistant coach.

Someone is always watching or listening.

That’s a thing you most look forward to as a kid. The newest clothes or the newest shoes. Definitely getting the newest shoes and bragging to your friends about it.

I always wanted to be in the NBA, but I never really thought about being the No. 1 pick until high school. So once it happened, it’s like a dream come true and more.

In the NBA, if you can’t defend your position, they’re going to go at you over and over again.

If you’re athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It’s a mindset.

I’m pretty comfortable on set. I’ve done a bunch of these commercials now. You get used to it. The people work with you how you want to be worked with. It’s all positive vibes. It’s a fun atmosphere, I enjoy it.

I feel like no one plays the game to be normal, average. Or I don’t.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

Obviously during practice there’s a competitive nature if you’re on opposite teams.

Real ballers who have been there and done that, I respect their opinion. But if you haven’t been there and done that, you’re entitled to your own opinion but I’m not really thinking too deep into it.

I love a big stage.

When I get the opportunity, I try my best.

No one’s game’s perfect.

When the big games come, I show up.

I’m finding myself. I’m finding things I’m good at, things I need to work at.

Some people look like they’re working hard but they’re not. Some people who are working hard don’t look like it.

I’m happiest when I’m hanging out at home or in my room.

I do a lot of things well, I’m very athletic, I play against guys who are also very athletic.

We’ve always got to fight to the end and never give up no matter what the score is or how much time is left.

KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves – what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.

It’s not always easy to make a name for yourself. You’ve gotta earn it. Because nothing’s ever given.

My senior year of high school, I probably wouldn’t get so much out of it as if I went to college.

I want to be on the All-Defensive team, be rookie of the year, make the All-Star team, all that type of stuff.

There’s a perception of me out there that my effort is not there, but that’s just he said, she said. A person says something, everyone believes it. But they’re not there in the early mornings or when I work out.

I looked at my stats, and I was like, ‘I’m too big and too athletic to average three rebounds a game.’

I believe in myself.

We need to come out and assert ourselves on both sides of the court.

When we get comfortable, we start relaxing, taking bad shots, especially me I take bad shots when I’m tired.

Even when I was growing up in Canada, I’ve always been a homebody.

I want me and my teammates to go as far as we can and to be the best players that we all can be.

When I say that Kansas all rolls as one unit, they all roll as one unit. Like, everyone. They never leave anybody out.

I’ve never been on the court and not wanted to play.

I want to be the best, no matter who I’m going against.

I think I bring it every night.

All we can do is come in here and hoop, play hard, stay competitive and try to win.

We can be as good as we want to be. I know that’s a general thing to say, I know.

It would have been harder for me to get rookie of the year in Cleveland than it would’ve been in Minnesota.

You can never perfect nothing, really, so I need to tighten up my ballhandling, my shooting.

Oh, I hate poutine. I tried it once – ugh. It wasn’t for me.

Every coach has a different style.

At a certain point in one’s career, you want to win, not just have a great season. You want to win a championship.

The game’s just slowed down for me a little bit and I’m able to read the defenses and see how they’re playing me.

I need my sleep.

If I do something wrong, make me pay for it.

I guess I like the attention… well, I mean, I don’t mind it. Sometimes it can be a lot. I deal with it, though.

My teammates trust me to put the ball in the basket when it counts.

As soon as I stepped foot in Minnesota, I’ve been shown nothing except love.