Dirk was obviously a player that I looked up to. In high school I actually wore No. 41 in honor of Dirk. He was the first player where I was like this guy is seven-feet tall and shooting jump shots… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
When you're younger, everyone wants to be a point guard. Everyone wants to shoot fadeaway jump shots all day. Nobody wants to be a big man. Nobody wants to go stand on the block and just set picks. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
I just don't want to go to the All-Star game to be in the dunk contest and go home. I want to be there… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
Anytime you can help a younger player out that's what you're supposed to do. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
What I am today, is from Houston and my friends, my closest friends, we all went to high school together. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
The game is definitely evolving. It's becoming more guard-oriented. But, at the same time, we've got a lot of big guys who still kick… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
I just want to be the best defensive player I can be and anything I can give us offensively is a bonus. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
It's always a tough process when you're always the best guy on your team, in high school, in middle school, AAU and things like… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
First Team All-Defense, that was great, that was one of my goals coming into this league, and I've got that a couple times. But… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
I think what's bad is that there aren't centers in the All-Star voting anymore. — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share
