Austin Rivers Quotes

Austin Rivers

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : August 1, 1992

At the end of the day, it's the general managers' and the scouts' opinion on you and what teams need, what they're looking for.

Austin Rivers

It's a new NBA, man. Guys are playing on a new team every year now, and it has nothing to do with how good of a player you are, it's just how the NBA is.

Austin Rivers

If someone is constantly out of shape, late and don't remember plays, how the hell are you supposed to play?

Austin Rivers

My father's a very private person. I mean a very private person. His life outside of basketball, he doesn't really share it with anybody.

Austin Rivers

He was in Boston and I grew up in Orlando. It's not so much like father-son, it's coach-player.

Austin Rivers

I'd sneak out and work on my game at midnight. The neighbors would call and say, turn the lights off. I went from the worst player to the first guy off the bench to the best player on my ninth-grade team, and then it took off.

Austin Rivers

That's what drove me crazy is people would say - even people who would try to be nice would be like, it's not different than when a dad hires his son at a law firm. I said, it's not the same thing. You can't be given an NBA job. I got drafted.

Austin Rivers

If you go two years without playing with confidence, when your whole life, you've been extremely confident and a hard worker... I got punched in the mouth, and it took me a while to adjust. I kind of had my confidence - I don't want to say taken away, because no one should ever be able to take your confidence away.

Austin Rivers

I feel like I always have to smell good.

Austin Rivers

I don't understand someone not wanting to play for a city like New York. I just don't get that.

Austin Rivers

My dad would never, ever play me over somebody because I'm his son. If I'm not playing well, I'm sitting on the bench.

Austin Rivers

I was the No. 1 player in high school. I was a lottery player at Duke. I was player of the year in the ACC as a freshman. People just forget about these things, like I don't deserve to be in the league.

Austin Rivers

Wherever I go, I'm going to work as hard as I can and do everything I can to help the team immediately.

Austin Rivers

I grew up in Orlando.

Austin Rivers

This chip on my shoulder, this swagger and confidence, it helps me. If I didn't have it, I would not be in the NBA.

Austin Rivers

You have a kid and realize what's really important. It actually takes pressure off everything. Nothing will come before fatherhood for me, ever in my life.

Austin Rivers

When Houston called, I was like, 'I think this could be a great fit.'

Austin Rivers

I think I'm a shooting guard and a point guard, to be honest with you.

Austin Rivers

I've been on more planes than I can count.

Austin Rivers

Like, I'm not enjoying LeBron's greatness right now. I mean, I have no fun playing against him. So you don't get to enjoy it until you look back.

Austin Rivers