Quotes from Gordon Hayward

When I got to Salt Lake City, in the summer of 2010 - I know it's a cliche, but man, it's the truth: I was just a kid.

Dennis Lindsey - if there's anyone who's most responsible for the winning culture in Salt Lake, it's him.

They say that Salt Lake is a great place to raise a family - and I know that sounds like something people just say. But you spend enough time here... and you realize that it's true.

I think all of us as NBA players have expectations of ourselves that are different from expectations from external forces and sources.

I hate losing more than anything. I think losing is something that drives me.

You look at the top guys at each position and they all help their teams win more than anything - scoring, assists, whatever.

To me, that is the best part about Twitch. You can watch the best players play every day, and pick up the same strategies that they have.

Tennis is a great game, a great sport because you're out there by yourself, so you have to move on to the next point, next game, next set, whatever. It's the same thing in basketball. If you miss a shot, you move onto the next one. If you turn it over, you move onto the next play. That certainly helped me.

I'm a big proponent of playing all sports when you're growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint to a movement standpoint. Certainty with tennis, you get the lateral quickness more than anything.

I think sometimes with a young team, you just need to get over that initial hump to get to that next level.

I obviously want to be a starter.

Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones. Sometimes you have a couple of stones in a row.

Driving and getting downhill kind of opens everything up for me, opens up the shot, allows me to get to the free throw line.

I have nothing but love for everybody in Utah.

It's been so much fun for me here in Utah and growing up here, starting a family, growing from a basketball standpoint, growing from just a man standpoint.

The mental strategy that goes into planning your next move and what your opponent is going to do are skills you need to be successful playing basketball - and playing 'StarCraft II.'

I've always controlled my emotions. I think that probably came from playing a lot of tennis, keeping it inside and not letting the opponent see what's going on with you. I think it gives them an advantage when you do that.

I've always liked the competitive games. It's hard for me to play games that are just kind of casual. It gives me another outlet for competition, and that's what 'Fortnite' does.

My wife has changed my appearance a bit.

I've always been a video game fanatic.

I bought 'NBA 2K11' just to see myself. It was creepily similar and it's cool to say that you're in a video game, but I'm just not into it that much. I'm more into first-person shooters and real-time strategy games.

I'm not a huge '2K' person. I've always have rather played sports than play that video game that's a sport.

I'm a competitor, I just love to compete, and playing video games is a way to compete and have fun with your friends.

Growing up, video games allowed me to feed this competitive drive while still hanging out with my friends and being a kid.