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Football Quotes by Rudy Gobert

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Rudy Gobert emphasizes making the right plays for the team before counting points. He describes setting solid screens, rolling to the rim, and defending hard as his daily tools. He also reflects that a career is short, so every effort is aimed at winning together.

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Everything I do, I do it to win.

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I play every year to try to win.

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It's a team game.

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I'm always going to be about winning.

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Bill Russell is one of the greatest players of all time.

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It's about how you impact the game.

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I want to improve every part of my game.

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I think playoff experience matters for sure.

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You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

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I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

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Defense doesn't sell as much as offense.

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When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.

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Some nights, you're tired. But I just like to go out there and help my team win and not let my team…

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I'm just worried about winning and making my teammates better and getting better.

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It's something I take a lot of pride in doing, in being the best defensive player in the world, in helping my…

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I was watching 'Space Jam' when I was a kid but that was pretty much the only thing I knew about the…

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I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can…

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I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when…

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I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I…

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Sometimes, I see the guys driving and they don't even look at the rim, they just dribble out so it's as good…

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I always love to help the community, to interact with the kids, with the fans. It doesn't matter who I am on…

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In the playoffs, it's not going to be pretty. There's going to be some games where you don't score. But are you…

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I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're…

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Some games I'm going to get more blocks or they're going to do more mistakes and give up more baskets but some…

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I just try to make the right play, stay aggressive and defensively just do what I do. I make sure I talk…

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My goal is to protect the basket. Most of the time, I won't block the shot but I'm going to affect the…

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You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you…

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I want to be an All-Star. That's my goal. And win a title.

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I think I learned basketball. I learned a lot.

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You cannot be mad at somebody for wanting to play for another team.

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Obviously, the basketball career doesn't last forever.

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Sometimes when you lose a game, you win a game, you get stuck in the bubble.

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I like to play basketball. Sometimes if someone takes that away from you, you've got to get in your feelings for a…

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When you have a coach that is a competitor, that wants to win more than anything else, it really carries over to…

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In Europe and FIBA, the game is a little slower and the court is a little smaller.

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I just try to do what I do by getting my teammates open and getting better at finishing and making plays when…

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I think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a…

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The more you see, the more you know, the more you feel like you can help others and the more you feel…

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First, I'm just trying to set screens for my teammates and then just be aggressive, make the right play.

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Defense is the thing we can control and bring every night. But I want to be great on both ends.

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I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're going to…

I do a lot of things to help my team winning - set screens, roll into the rim, finishing. I think I can be…

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

Obviously, the basketball career doesn't last forever.

I'm prepared to guard anyone.

I definitely want to be one of the best players in the history of the game. That's a good goal to have.

I was watching 'Space Jam' when I was a kid but that was pretty much the only thing I knew about the NBA.

I think I learned how it works in the league. When you are outside you don't understand everything, but when you are inside you…

Everything I do, I do it to win.

I might win a championship. I might win two or three. I might not. The journey to get there is, for me, the most…

It's a team game.

You don't have to think, you just have to play hard on defense.

It's not just about doing things in Utah or in France. It's about doing things everywhere and having an impact everywhere. There are a…

The more you see, the more you know, the more you feel like you can help others and the more you feel like you…

Even though I didn't have a lot of material things, I had the love and education and all together a lot of kids don't…