Quotes from Gordon Hayward

I think video games have been instrumental to me as an NBA player.

I'm a competitive guy, and I love the competitive nature of video games.

Growing up, I played every sport I could play, so I didn't have much time, but when I wasn't playing sports, I was definitely playing video games. But my mom used to tell me that I could only play video games for two hours a day and then they would turn off the Internet so I couldn't play online.

I would say, when you're playing video games that involve competition against somebody else, you have to be able to understand what's going on and react in the fastest time possible to either - if it's a capture the flag game, capture the flag, if you're trying to take out the other team, take them out. Same thing in basketball.

There's nothing that can replace being on the court with your teammates. Just a feeling that can't be duplicated. But for me to have a distraction like video games where I can hang out with friends, still compete through that. I mean that's something I'm for sure thankful for, for sure helps me get away.

I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember.

My wife let me have one room in the house that I can do whatever I want with so I got my dual monitors set-up here and my PC and I'm good to go.

You look at pictures of me when I was in eighth grade, and I look completely different.

No athlete on earth is as good at 'League of Legends' as I am.

That's been kind of a mantra for me my entire career and something that I think every coach throughout most of my basketball career has told me: I've got to continue, every night, to try to stay aggressive and assert myself.