Quotes from LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel like I've made some good memories in San Antonio. I feel like I'm in a really good family in San Antonio. They understand me. I understand them.

I've been playing NBA Live since I was little, and I won't lie, I always play with the team with the highest rating.

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

I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy.

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.

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

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

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

The Spurs really are a family.

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

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

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.

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

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

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