Top 66 Gordon Hayward Quotes

No athlete on earth is as good at ‘League of Legends’ as I am.

They say that Salt Lake is a great place to raise a family – and I know that sounds like something people just say. But you spend enough time here… and you realize that it’s true.

The ‘Halo’ series is my favorite. Me and my friends actually played in tournaments and won some money doing that when we were younger.

I played every sport you could play until junior high and then I had to start picking a couple because there were conflicts in seasons.

I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember.

I bought ‘NBA 2K11’ just to see myself. It was creepily similar and it’s cool to say that you’re in a video game, but I’m just not into it that much. I’m more into first-person shooters and real-time strategy games.

My mom didn’t let me play ‘GoldenEye’ so I had to play at a friend’s house.

You go through slumps. The shot feels good in practice and looks good and for whatever reason in the game, they’re in and out. Sometimes it gets frustrating, but for me, I’ve played in the league long enough to know you just have to put in the work in practice and shoot with confidence, shoot your way out of it.

I obviously want to be a starter.

Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones. Sometimes you have a couple of stones in a row.

Certainly, there’s nothing like playing basketball.

You look at pictures of me when I was in eighth grade, and I look completely different.

I think video games have been instrumental to me as an NBA player.

The mental side of rehab is by far more difficult than the physical side of rehab. There’s a lot of time when you are alone and a lot of time when you are contemplating, a lot of time to think. The mental side is the hardest part.

Growing up, video games allowed me to feed this competitive drive while still hanging out with my friends and being a kid.

Growing up, I played every sport I could play, so I didn’t have much time, but when I wasn’t playing sports, I was definitely playing video games. But my mom used to tell me that I could only play video games for two hours a day and then they would turn off the Internet so I couldn’t play online.

Driving and getting downhill kind of opens everything up for me, opens up the shot, allows me to get to the free throw line.

Obviously with LaMelo, he’s a fun guy to play with, he makes some exciting plays.

Pro-gamers are really sports stars themselves.

Dennis Lindsey – if there’s anyone who’s most responsible for the winning culture in Salt Lake, it’s him.

To have someone come and teach you the right way to play puts you on the right track when you’re little.

There’s nothing like playing basketball.

You look at the top guys at each position and they all help their teams win more than anything – scoring, assists, whatever.

Tennis is a great game, a great sport because you’re out there by yourself, so you have to move on to the next point, next game, next set, whatever. It’s the same thing in basketball. If you miss a shot, you move onto the next one. If you turn it over, you move onto the next play. That certainly helped me.

I had obviously a freak injury right when I got there and there’s a lot of things that were kind of out of my control when I was in Boston.

Butler was like 20 minutes from my house, so I was pretty much at home. I never had my own apartment and made my own meals for myself and all that.

I have nothing but love for everybody in Utah.

I think all of us as NBA players have expectations of ourselves that are different from expectations from external forces and sources.

I’ve had some bad haircuts in the past.

The thing I like to do the most is play-make and create for others. Obviously in my career, I’ve done the scoring thing as well.

League of Legends’ players are so toxic. I can’t imagine being on a team in the NBA where they were as toxic as they are in ‘League of Legends.’

When you’re at the house, there’s a lot of distractions and a lot of things that can take you away from your workout.

When I got to Salt Lake City, in the summer of 2010 – I know it’s a cliche, but man, it’s the truth: I was just a kid.

There was a year in Utah when we were in the 20s in wins, then 30s, then 40s, and my last year we scratched for 50. I’m certainly going to build on that experience here in Charlotte.

I’m a competitor, I just love to compete, and playing video games is a way to compete and have fun with your friends.

I’m trying to make the right play a lot of times and sometimes that gets me in trouble.

I’ve always been a video game fanatic.

Basketball’s all about speed and quickness.

I’m a big proponent of playing all sports when you’re growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint to a movement standpoint. Certainty with tennis, you get the lateral quickness more than anything.

It’s hard to work out consistently and intensely in your house.

I’ve always controlled my emotions. I think that probably came from playing a lot of tennis, keeping it inside and not letting the opponent see what’s going on with you. I think it gives them an advantage when you do that.

I was literally the last Jazz player left who played under Coach Sloan – and I always took that as a lot more than just some piece of trivia. That was something that truly made me feel like a part of the fabric of this franchise. And that fabric is something that has meant a lot to me, ever since.

Ocarina of Time.’ If that phrase elicits any sort of emotional reaction inside of you, then we really have something in common. When that game came out, I was just reaching the age when N64 was in its prime.

There’s nothing that can replace being on the court with your teammates. Just a feeling that can’t be duplicated. But for me to have a distraction like video games where I can hang out with friends, still compete through that. I mean that’s something I’m for sure thankful for, for sure helps me get away.

There are some smart people here in Boston. We’re a sports city here and everybody loves competition. Esports is another outlet for that.

I need to do whatever I can to help my team win.

There’s no ill will on my end for anybody within the Boston organization or players.

My dream was always to be in the NBA. I just happened to be better at tennis in high school. But I loved basketball, that’s why I stuck with it.

Bad habits can easily be formed when you’re younger.

I think sometimes with a young team, you just need to get over that initial hump to get to that next level.

I work every day on skills, and I don’t think you can ever work enough on that.

The Salt Lake fans are so passionate.

My wife let me have one room in the house that I can do whatever I want with so I got my dual monitors set-up here and my PC and I’m good to go.

Certainly, the situation I was in with Boston, we had a lot of great players.

That’s life in the league for you, though. I mean – that’s life for you, period. Things don’t always happen in a straight line. There’s usually going to be a zig here, a zag there, that catches you by surprise. And then it’s on you to adapt.

If you can read the play before it happens, and make the pass before the player’s gonna be there, you’re gonna be successful.

There are certain times during the season when the game is a job.

I started playing tennis when I was five years old.

I’m a pretty skeptical person, and I question a lot.

I lost a year in my prime of my career.

There’s not too many 5-10 basketball players that make it, let alone play college and make it to the NBA.

Personally, I think watching streamers play is the best way to get better, other than practicing yourself. So I watch Ninja, Tfue, Dr. Lupo. It’s easy to watch what they do, and try to emulate it.

Most people won’t play basketball with NBA players, because you have to be in the NBA, but you don’t have to be a pro to play against pro gamers. There’s a chance they could load in and play the same game as them.

Any time somebody goes through a major injury you feel for him and also what I’ve been through, I know firsthand what it’s like.

I was on a competitive ‘Halo’ team, and we would enter tournaments for money.

I have nothing but positive things to say about my time in Boston. I have great relationships I built there.