Karl-Anthony Towns Quotes

"When you have someone who is with you every step of the way and is trying to help you and guide you to the right direction, it just makes life much easier but also makes life more fun."

"We expect nothing but greatness from ourselves."

"I take what the defense gives me, and I roll with it."

"Every time I get to lace up my shoes, I am happy. Every time I see my jersey and I get to put it on, I feel like a kid in the candy store. Every time I get the chance to play, I am going to play."

"When you have a player like Tyus Jones, instantly chemistry is made."

"I've talked to a lot of NBA superstars and legends about how I can improve my IQ offensively and defensively."

"I could care less about statistics. It's all about team success."

"These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans."

"I always have a motto: if it's going in-and-out one night, then the next opponent should be worried."

"People feel that I have overachieved, but I feel that, myself, that I work tremendously hard in the gym. I feel almost I have underachieved a little bit."

"Anytime someone expects something from me, I expect about five times more from myself."

"I think the biggest thing I want to learn from Kevin Garnett, with him having a ring, is how do I become a championship player? How do I see how a championship team looks like? How do I use myself to be a championship contributor?"

"When you have a person like him who is going to tell you throughout the year about how to deal with little bumps in the road as the No. 1 pick, there's no one better to have than Andrew Wiggins."

"When you have the chance to go against a brother of yours on the court, you're always looking at each other like, If you score, we're looking at each other. If I score, I'm looking at him."

"Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are."

"I only worry about what I can control."

"We always have great practices, and the competition is high, and the intensity is high; it's just about doing that now in a game and sustaining it for 48 minutes."

"If we play defense the way we're supposed to and we play defense the way we do here in practice, we should have no problems against most of the teams in the league, and other teams, it'll be a great fight."

"We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be."

"I think the biggest thing is, you have to understand the different rules. There are so many rules that change from college to the NBA. Change of pace is a big thing, also."

"I'm very passionate, and I love the game I play."

"Many people are in need of new shoes."

"I have a huge admiration for fans in China. I think they're some of the greatest basketball fans in the world. I think they're passionate and love the game, almost second to none."

"When everyone is buying into a system and puts their ego to the side, that's when greatness happens."

"You got to earn your buckets and earn your respect."

"Those are the ones you look forward to: going against a great, talented player, someone who's going to be in this league for a long time, who you're going to be seeing for a long time. Get a chance to go out, compete, and just have fun. Those are the fun match-ups."

"I thank God every day that I get a chance to do all these great things in a Timberwolves jersey."

"I think it's just fun when you're being competitive and when you're in the game and winning."

"Winning's always fun."

"When we're doing everything we can to win, it's very fun."