Quotes from Rudy Gobert

Obviously I think offensively, spacing for me as a guy that puts a lot of pressure on the rim is going to make it harder on a defense. They're going to have to make tougher decisions, and space is going to be way more open for all the guards, too.

I like 'Stifle Tower,' I like 'Gobzilla.' There's a lot of nicknames that are pretty cool.

I always love to help the community, to interact with the kids, with the fans. It doesn't matter who I am on the court, to me it's important.

I was watching 'Space Jam' when I was a kid but that was pretty much the only thing I knew about the NBA.

It's a tremendous amount of fans in France that love basketball, that follow it every day even though the games are at like two or three in the morning.

In Europe and FIBA, the game is a little slower and the court is a little smaller.

Once I got 13 or 14 years old, I started watching a lot of videos on YouTube and NBA.com and I started following the NBA ball.

When you know where you want to go, you're mentally tough.

When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.

Some games I'm going to get more blocks or they're going to do more mistakes and give up more baskets but some games I get zero blocks and I affect 20 shots.

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very - unless you're a specialist.

I'm able to impact people's lives by the way I play, but there's so much more things I can do so there is no limit to what I can do.

For years now, I've used gaming to unwind and relax during the season. It's also how I manage to keep up with my friends when I'm on the road.

All the coaches preach about defense. Every day they talk about defense, they talk about how important it is to get stops in order to win basketball games.

People watch the points, they watch the highlights. But the defense I think helps the offense.

Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

My passion for gaming is well-known among both the Utah Jazz and my team in France.

It's not just about doing things in Utah or in France. It's about doing things everywhere and having an impact everywhere. There are a lot of charities that do a remarkable job that just don't have much light and much support.

To be honest, I love being in Utah so I think most people have the wrong idea about the city, about the place.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

It's good to be held accountable.

I want to be an All-Star. That's my goal. And win a title.

I'm working on my lower body, my explosiveness.

I always wanted to be one of the best, make a mark on the history of the game. For me, for my country, for my family.