Top 44 Draymond Green Quotes

Every decision I make is, ‘How is this helping me become a billionaire?’

I’m going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be.

I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something’s going to open up.

I had a great time at Michigan State, but no four years will compare to Saginaw High.

You couldn’t play if you weren’t tough. You’d get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It’s what we breed.

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.

You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don’t see all the work that goes into that. It’s a grind. And a lot of people don’t see that grind.

Be remembered for the right things.

When the ball isn’t in my hands, I’m already scanning for where the next pass is going.

I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that’s the best to me.

One thing I’ve always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don’t get punched first. It’s the same on defense: You’ve got to hit first. Do your work early. That’s what I was always taught. If you don’t do your work early, you’re done.

I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that’s just me.

At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that’s always my focus.

My whole life, I’ve guarded guys bigger than me.

I can see things before they happen on the court.

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.

Sometimes it’s tougher against bad teams because you can’t really get a read on them.

If you’ve got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work.

I know what hard times are like. I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I’ve had struggles.

Become a good all-around human being.

All ‘potential’ means to me is that you haven’t proved anything.

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.

When you’re 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can’t move as fast or jump as high.

Are you going to back down to somebody? If not, you’re giving yourself a chance.

I think Coach Kerr and his staff have done a great job with what they bring to the table.

Michigan State means so much to my life and me.

I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me.

Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don’t know if it’s the weather or the hard times. It’s like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough.

Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning.

I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.

A guy who’s not a champion can’t talk too much about championships, can he?

I’m blessed, and… all the time, I sit and think, ‘Wow.’

If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results.

It just doesn’t go with my story to be a first round pick, because I had to grind my whole life.

I can’t worry about techs. I’ve got to play my game.

It’s the way of life in Saginaw. If you’re not tough, you don’t survive.

I can throw all the good passes I want, but if they don’t make shots, it’s not an assist.

No matter what, no matter how I feel, always bring effort.

I will not feel like I’ve made it until the day I retire from basketball because there’s something that I can always get better at, and there’s always somebody better, and that’s what drives me.

Bogut – I wouldn’t be the defender I am without Bogut. He taught me a ton. Angles. How to guard the post. You name it, he taught me a ton.

You don’t contest shots without expending energy. You don’t get deflections – unless you walk into one every now and then – without expending energy. These are the things in basketball you have to really want to do.

My heart is bigger than most guys who have size over me.

I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective.

If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.