My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

LaMarcus Aldridge

War Time Young

I'm definitely not one to prolong things and drag it out, that's not really my personality.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Things Thing Thin

I've had to fight through a lot of adversity, but I just kept fighting.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Us Tin Through

The Spurs really are a family.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Family T Spurs

I don't forget nothing. It's a vault up here.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Up Thing Thin

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Well Up And Down Up

I think my wingspan helps me out on defense, because I can cover a little more ground and block a few more shots.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Wings Wing Win

I don't like new environments. I don't like being around a lot of new people. It makes me uncomfortable.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Men Uncomfortable UN

When I think about it, it's kind of weird, but I do take shots without looking at the rim sometimes.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Time Without Wit

Some days, you wake up with extra energy, that extra juice.

LaMarcus Aldridge

You Wit Wake Up

I love video games. I had a Sega Genesis and a Nintendo 64 growing up, and I've had every 'NBA Live' that has ever come out.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Love Wing Win

The issue you have with two competitive guys being brought up the same way is that you don't have one person who goes out of his way to make a relationship.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Relationship Pet You

I feel like, of course, Portland didn't want me to leave, but I feel like at the end of the day it's good to have a fresh start.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Good Art Want

I feel like everything with me gets blown out of proportion. I think it's because I'm so quiet about things that people just run with anything they hear.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Wit Very Use

I'm probably one of the most misunderstood people in the league.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Understood UN Too

I like my little shell. I like my little circle of three or four people that I'm close to. I think that comes off as bad to people that don't really know my personality.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Three Think Thin

I'm a private person; I'm pretty to myself.

LaMarcus Aldridge

T Son Self

I think every player wants to be wanted.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Wants Wanted Want

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Want T La

I do love being at home. But when it's forced, it's a little bit different.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Love Home T

I feel like I've made some good memories in San Antonio. I feel like I'm in a really good family in San Antonio. They understand me. I understand them.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Good Family Understand

My biggest thing I've learned is just putting time into getting ready. When we're young, you just go on the court and just hoop. But I think as you get older, it's more about, making sure everything is firing and making sure everything is ready to go and warmed up.

LaMarcus Aldridge

Man, I'm pretty spoiled in San Antonio. I don't do media every day.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life.

LaMarcus Aldridge

When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I'm a fighter. So if you're going to doubt me or say that I can't do something, I'm going to prove to you I can do it.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I've been playing NBA Live since I was little, and I won't lie, I always play with the team with the highest rating.

LaMarcus Aldridge

My first car was an '86 Honda Prelude. It was redone, so it had a new motor, new paint, rims... but it wasn't nearly as much as my Range Rover.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I really enjoy being out on the court and going through the grind and battling. That's something a video game can't do for you.

LaMarcus Aldridge

My coach, Robert Allen, helped me a lot. He had more influence on my growth as a player than anyone else.

LaMarcus Aldridge

When I was younger, I used to spend a lot of time either by myself or with my mom. But when I hit high school, she really became one of my close friends.

LaMarcus Aldridge

My long arms help me as I try to become more versatile.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I love Portland and I have so much history there and I knew it like the back of my hand, so the decision to leave was never easy.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I've always had a very cordial relationship with Kobe.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I'm in the process of building a separate house behind my house, just for shoes. Like a little show room.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I'm from Texas.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I'm a mid-range guy and most teams give that up, but that's what I do.

LaMarcus Aldridge

You have to do your job and put your best foot forward and focus on what you have to do to win.

LaMarcus Aldridge

The key to win is playing defense.

LaMarcus Aldridge

As I get slower and older, I'm going to shoot more threes.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I've been told that I've shot the ball a lot better since I've been injured, so that's kind of weird.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I think since I've focussed on my form more my shot has been better.

LaMarcus Aldridge

It's an offensive foul if you go into the defender's body, but if I fade and a guy runs into my leg, it's a foul.

LaMarcus Aldridge

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I think working so hard in Portland to earn the right to have it be my team and to have my own team over the years and try to play at a high level, that was hard-earned.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I want to win a ring, get better and try to learn.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel like, I go out and play hard every day and I'm going to practice every day, I'm going to block shots.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel bad saying this but, I can't eat that because I'm on a diet. So, if I'm eating breakfast tacos, I'm not going to play well.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

LaMarcus Aldridge