Draymond Green Quotes

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Draymond Green

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 4, 1990

When you play against people that's better than you, you get better.

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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.

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So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

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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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My uncle, my dad always made sure I had guard skills. But as far as defending everybody, that wasn't really my mindset until my rookie year.

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I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.

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

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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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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.

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Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down.

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I'm blessed, and... all the time, I sit and think, 'Wow.'

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

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What's my status? I'm just a guy from Saginaw, Michigan, trying to make it. But you know, pretty nice crib.

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

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

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

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You've just got to earn my respect.

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

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I put my heart into this. Like, winning to me is, I make it life or death.

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That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.

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