Blake Griffin Quotes

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Blake Griffin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 16, 1989

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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My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

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I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on.

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You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.

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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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Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.

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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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I've never had hard feelings with any of my teammates who decided to leave or felt like it was best to leave.

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If you get behind in first grade, then you're behind every grade from then on.

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There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that - that's their role, to be on the bench encouraging guys to play hard and get good minutes.

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I'm just trying to do my job and my part to make this a team that people respect.

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I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That's kind of the way I've always been, and I want to put those expectations on our team as well.

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The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'

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We can't have the mindset of becoming complacent with losing.

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It's just cool to try to leave behind something or improve something from how you left it.

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College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can choose one of many different paths.

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Team Griffin Foundation is a foundation trying to inspire young men and women to give them organization, give them something to have, kind of like when I was growing up. I had people who were supporting me, giving me the right tools that I needed to be able to achieve my dreams.

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I've been wearing Zegna for a while. It started a long, long time ago, my rookie year.

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My parents, I've always said, are two of the hardest working people I know.

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Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.

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