Quotes from Andre Iguodala

Ben Horowitz, he's the guy. He's really big into hip-hop, and he's a brainiac.

When you go out there, you're not just representing your country or the NBA: you're representing your beliefs. You want to play hard for Someone who died for you.

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.

A lot of sixth men have more responsibility, and they've made more of an impact sometimes than 80 percent of the rest of the guys on the team, so it's just a name.

With the exception of maybe Vegas or Miami once or twice, other than that, it's all the same to me. I can't hear anything in the club with the loud music, so you're in there, and you're like, 'I can't hear you because of the loud music.' I hate that, yelling back and forth. And I don't drink, so it's kind of pointless.

Yoga, meditation, and unplugging the phone at night to make sure I get enough hours of sleep. That's huge for athletes.

Yoga helps me with basketball, but it helps me outside of it more than anything.

I got a yoga mat, I do yoga twice a week. I do both regular and hot yoga. Lululemon has an extra large yoga mat, longer and wider, so it fits me.

Draymond's always talking trash, and he's really good at getting you off your game. He's one of the guys that he'll talk trash, even when you're playing golf. He will knock you off your game... But when you see his swing, you're like, 'How do you talk trash so well, and your swing's this bad?'

It's just something I pride myself on as a basketball player, having that knowledge, being the guy who can go to any situation and make the situation better for that team.

Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.

Guys on Team U.S.A. were calling me Iggy just to mess with me. I've been called that since I was a kid. I don't care.

I try to let the people I do business with off the court know that I'm serious about my business off the court. So I try not to mix the two.

I try to get through a book every two weeks.

I was always a guy who could score the ball as a kid, but everybody wanted to score. And I always wanted to be different in some type of way.

It's a real accomplishment for me, personally, to be named to the All-Star team.

Every player goes through streaks where they're just not making their shots. It may last two games, it may last ten games, and a lot of times, it's something off the court that is bothering you, or coach might cut your minutes for some unknown reason.

In the Finals, you want to set a statement like, 'This is me. This is who I am.' You know everyone's watching.

In high school, I figured I'd get a few extra baskets by getting steals. I would just pressure up the ball.

I have a drive to get more steals and improve my game and stats overall every year.

Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the two guys with unstoppable moves.

I'm pretty fast getting up and down the court, especially with Andre Miller.

The majority of NBA players' upbringing, there's not much financial education.

I like stick deodorant. I'm not a huge fan of spritz.