Quotes from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Every experience is different, teaches you a new thing - good or bad - and you just take it, learn from it and move on.

I just want what's best for my teammates at the end of the day and that's giving them the best version of me.

I like to get teammates involved.

With me being able to guard multiple positions - and a lot of teams are switching things, like the pick-and-roll and off-ball screens - me being able to defend multiple positions would only help an organization.

I just know who I am as a person, comfortable in my own skin. And I guess that's just a testament to how I was raised. All credit to my parents. But yeah, I'm a humble guy, confident at the same time - just go about my business.

The biggest thing is bringing energy and leadership on both ends of the floor. The player I want to be, and know I can be, that caliber, does so.

I try to not to worry too much about following in other's footsteps and just create my own path.

The only thing we can control is the present.

I'm a good leader, a likable guy.

Learning how to play on a team full of future pros, it's not as easy as everyone thinks.

I have a couple moves I like to get to on the iso, and then after that it's just read and reaction.

Obviously teams know, and everyone in the league knows how much I like to touch the paint. And with them having to guard my 3-point shot, it'll only make it easier for me to touch the paint.

I want to be one of the best point guards to ever play.

There are a lot of great point guards in the NBA.

I've noticed that throughout my experience, when you keep positive energy, positive things happen.

Oklahoma City loves their Thunder and the Thunder loves them.

Along with everyone's expectations, I have high expectations for myself, personally. I hold myself to a higher standard and I think that's why I continue to get better.

My whole life I always believed in myself and my abilities, in how hard I worked.

I want to get better each and every day and attack each and every day. Whether that be a pool workout, a sand workout, an on the court workout, I'm just trying to get better in every situation.

It's super cool to see how far Canadian basketball has come.

I put on clothes to reminisce.

I don't shoot 100% from the field, I don't shoot 100% from the free throw line, and I certainly don't shoot that from three so I got a lot of improvement I need to do, and I'll continue to do so.

I feel like I touch the paint basically every play I'm out there.

I was happy that I got drafted to Charlotte and ecstatic and it was a dream come true and I couldn't even describe that feeling. Then I got traded to the Clippers and it was an even better feeling.