Quotes from Rudy Gobert

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.

First, I'm just trying to set screens for my teammates and then just be aggressive, make the right play.

I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better.

I just try to do what I do by getting my teammates open and getting better at finishing and making plays when I can.

When I started to do it with precision, I realized how much setting good screens made us better as a team offensively. It made things easy for me and my teammates.

The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats - it's the guy that also has an impact on his teammates and leadership.

There are a lot of people that never thought I was going to be the guy that I am now. Now when I see them, it's fun to see how people are. I don't think they're being fake. I think now they just see me from a different eye.

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be even more than that.

The more you see, the more you know, the more you feel like you can help others and the more you feel like you can help the team win.

Everyone sees me as a defensive-minded guy, but both sides of the court are important. If you want to win, you have to be good on both sides.

When you have a coach that is a competitor, that wants to win more than anything else, it really carries over to the team.

I think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a very good defensive team.

I did some bad stuff. I don't remember what in particular, but I did some bad stuff. So the morning of Christmas, I wake up and my brother is there, my sister, my mom, everyone's got gifts and I can't find my gifts. No gifts. They acted like Santa didn't' bring me anything because I wasn't good.

You don't learn how to win by losing on purpose.

I have so many great memories of Christmas because we're always spending it with the family.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

When someone throws an alley-oop and you finish, everyone's happy, the one who makes the pass and the one with the dunks. It's a great play.

I don't like to fall short. It's tough. Just make the right play when I'm open, and I'll thrust to the rim and be aggressive.

Usually, I heal very fast.

This is basketball. It's All-Star and all that stuff. That's not what it's really about. It's about making a difference and impacting the kids and helping people in need. That's what it's about.

It has always been a dream to win either the Olympic gold medal or the World Cup.

I don't care about that All-Star bonus, to be honest. It's just about my legacy.

It hurts to see other people calling Jazz fans racist.