Grayson Allen Quotes

Grayson Allen

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 8, 1995

From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through high school.

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You get into the game and you know you're probably not going to be in there long. It's like, while I'm in here, I better not mess up. That's the completely wrong mentality to have. That works against how I play because how I play is 150 percent, going all out, going crazy.

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Food is such a basic need, and it is unfathomable to me that people still do not have adequate access.

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Half of the basketball world thinks I'm this hothead, dirty player who can't get anything under control and probably thinks I'm arrogant and a selfish guy.

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Being the competitive guy that I am, I can't get into individual battles like I have.

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I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.

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I can adjust to any situation.

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I'm more of a quiet guy, relaxed, calmer off the court.

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I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

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For me, just my heart was here at Duke. I just wanted to be here.

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If there's a loose ball, I'm going to dive and see if I can get it. That's just the way you play.

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To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.

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I really love Duke. My plan going in is to stay four years.

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You don't want to put competitiveness and emotion away, so you learn to play with it. You learn to use it for your team.

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I kind of got down on myself, and started putting all this pressure on myself to go out there and play well. And that's when I was playing my worst.

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I think I'm so much of a better driver than I was when I first came to Duke; that's the biggest thing for me.

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I would play like one minute or not even get in at all. I'd see on Twitter - people would say, 'I hate that Grayson Allen guy at the end of the bench.' I'm like, 'What did I do?! I was in the game for 30 seconds.'

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I think the aggressive and loud way that I played in the championship game is kind of polarizing; you either love it or you hate it.

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The thing that you don't understand about college basketball until you're one or two seasons in - and something I've struggled with - is that you have to be 100 percent connected to your other four guys on the court at all times.

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Something like missing a shot, and the next play you're thinking about it, or you give up a play on defense and you're thinking about it, you're frustrated about it, what's happening is that you're really thinking about yourself. You're not connected to the team. And you have to be connected, or those few plays add up.

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