Draymond Green Quotes
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When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period.
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People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.
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There is no chip coming off of my shoulder because, at the end of the day, you're still going to continue to be doubted.
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All 'potential' means to me is that you haven't proved anything.
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There's the Draymond Green you see out on the floor. But that's not me. I mean, it is, but there's more. People see the fiery guy, the competitive guy, the trash talk and everything. But they don't see the love and compassion. They don't see the person. They don't see the real me, who values his friends and puts people first.
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I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table.
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I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything.
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I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.
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I've never been a guy who has said 'OK' about stuff. That's not me. That's not my personality. If I think something's wrong, I express that.
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At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that's always my focus.
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I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime.
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The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.
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I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.
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I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.
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After a game, I really just relax with the family.
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A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that.
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In the NBA, there's always a guy who is only around because he can jump. He doesn't have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake.
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Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?'
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There's still nothing like a home-cooked meal. Absolutely not.
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Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.
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Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot.
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I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it.
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The fans at Quicken Loans Arena are pretty hostile. They say nasty things.
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Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs.