Quotes from Gordon Hayward

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.

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

Sometimes it's hard to be aggressive in looking for your shot if shots aren't going in.

You want to take shots you practice thousands and thousands of times. You want to take those same shots in games. The easier you can find those shots, the better.

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

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.

Contra.' 'Duck Hunt.' 'Double Dragon.' If these phrases elicit any sort of emotional response inside of you, we have something in common. I get the warm and fuzzies just saying those names out loud. Some of my best memories growing up were playing these games with my dad.

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.

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.

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

You need to know what you're talking about before you can go and criticize it.

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.

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

I lost a year in my prime of my career.

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.

Being a professional athlete, people respect the fact that I respect eSports professional gamers.

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

I love to play the game of basketball so to sit there and not be able to play, it gets kind of frustrating.

I think playing with no fans would be pretty wild. It would almost be like a scrimmage at training camp. You'd have to bring all of your own energy. Home-court advantage is pretty much thrown out the window at that point in time.

You just have to thank God for what he's given me.

The one thing I've never been into are the sports games. I don't know, I just don't like playing those as much.

Basketball's all about speed and quickness.

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.

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.