Blake Griffin Quotes
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Sometimes you get the rap of, 'Don't always play hard,' or, 'Just doing it for the money.' But there are guys that genuinely love the game of basketball and are always playing it and are always out there. There are guys that work hard and actually understand the game and are very knowledgeable off the court as well.
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I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.
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When the draft lottery came out, and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out more about the Clippers because I didn't know a lot. And I was like, 'Okay, team owned by Donald Sterling.' So then I typed in 'Donald Sterling' in Google, and the first thing that pops up is 'Donald Sterling racist.'
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There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.
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If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that.
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I don't go into a situation trying to knock somebody over. It's just the way I play: physical.
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I'm not really trying to be a stand-up comedian. I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who do it. That's their livelihood. That's their job. It's just something that I enjoy.
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Growing up, I was always wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it's always going to fit me correctly.
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I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.
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I get that question almost more than any other. Once people feel a little comfortable, they're always like, 'So, what, uh, uh, what, um, what's your ethnicity?'
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I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.
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My dad was 32 in college, and my brother wore 32 in college. So I'm just going to stick with it.
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I think the worst thing that's happened to sports is 'sources say.'
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To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you're playing your game.
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Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.
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I like to play physical, and I'm a big guy, and I think sometimes - maybe sometimes I am pushing somebody, and I don't realize how hard I'm pushing them. And then they do it back, and it's kind of like, 'Jeez!'
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Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.
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I love the process. It's like I've fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.
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One of my favorite games of all time was on Nintendo 64 - 'NFL Blitz.' I don't know why, I just loved that game - being able to hit people after the play and stuff was always fun.
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I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.
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I still think, when you go to the Garden, it's a completely different feeling. The energy - there seems like there's just a consistent buzz the entire game.
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I don't think any guy goes into a season worrying about the next season.
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You're not going to please everybody. I've just got to do whatever I feel is right, just use my judgment.
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If you have less games, less back-to-backs, the product's better. The fans will appreciate it more. You see those college guys playing so hard, but they play 36 games in the same amount of time we play 82 almost.