I'm finding myself. I'm finding things I'm good at, things I need to work at.
Andrew Wiggins
All we can do is come in here and hoop, play hard, stay competitive and try to win.
When I get the opportunity, I try my best.
It was kind of good to get my feet wet with my first NBA game. I felt comfortable out there, let the game come to me. I played within myself and I thought I did pretty good.
My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.
I just like watching good basketball being played.
I don't take a backseat to nobody. That's just my mindset.
It is always tough to miss shots.
Always dress like you're going somewhere better.
I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.
Being a father, I want to give my daughter the world.
There's a perception of me out there that my effort is not there, but that's just he said, she said. A person says something, everyone believes it. But they're not there in the early mornings or when I work out.
Even when I was growing up in Canada, I've always been a homebody.
The game of basketball is full of runs.
At the end of the day I'm a basketball player. I'm going to try and shoot more threes than mid-range or long twos or whatever. But if someone gives you a shot, you're a basketball player, you got to make reads and play.
Every coach has a different style.
There's not 100 players better than me, so it doesn't matter what people think.
I always wanted to be in the NBA, but I never really thought about being the No. 1 pick until high school. So once it happened, it's like a dream come true and more.
No one's game's perfect.
Obviously during practice there's a competitive nature if you're on opposite teams.
I've never been on the court and not wanted to play.
I'm pretty comfortable on set. I've done a bunch of these commercials now. You get used to it. The people work with you how you want to be worked with. It's all positive vibes. It's a fun atmosphere, I enjoy it.
The people you looked up to growing up, every great player has a signature shoe. That's why I wanted one. I want to walk around and see people wearing my shoe.
I just want to play for a team that wants me. So whichever team wants me I'll play for.
Minnesota's been good to me.
I love playing in the spotlight... I feel like that's motivation for everyone.
We have to have that mindset that whoever comes in our house can't win and it has to be the hardest place to play.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My job is to come out here and hoop, and that's what I'm going to do.
I want to be the best, no matter who I'm going against.
That's a thing you most look forward to as a kid. The newest clothes or the newest shoes. Definitely getting the newest shoes and bragging to your friends about it.
At a certain point in one's career, you want to win, not just have a great season. You want to win a championship.
I know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.
Some people look like they're working hard but they're not. Some people who are working hard don't look like it.
I believe in myself.
I do a lot of things well, I'm very athletic, I play against guys who are also very athletic.
When we get comfortable, we start relaxing, taking bad shots, especially me I take bad shots when I'm tired.
When I say that Kansas all rolls as one unit, they all roll as one unit. Like, everyone. They never leave anybody out.
As soon as I stepped foot in Minnesota, I've been shown nothing except love.
Someone is always watching or listening.
I'm a chill guy, a very normal guy.
If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It's a mindset.
I always wanted to be the No. 1 pick, but come draft night anything can happen - trades, or anything like that.
You can never perfect nothing, really, so I need to tighten up my ballhandling, my shooting.
I feel like no one plays the game to be normal, average. Or I don't.
You want to win everything you can in practice.
We've always got to fight to the end and never give up no matter what the score is or how much time is left.
KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves - what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.
Every coach is different, every coach has different playing styles, but no coach made me have a negative experience playing.
You can't be a great player without playing both ends of the floor. And that's what I do - I really focus in, and my athletic ability helps me.
I think I bring it every night.
