Mike Conley Jr. Quotes

Mike Conley Jr.

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : October 11, 1987

March Madness gave me both a lasting confidence and a lifelong bond with both my teammates and opponents.

Mike Conley Jr.

The more you are around your teammates and work with them, the better you will be in the season.

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It's who I am. You win awards for sportsmanship and whatever, but that's just me being me. I'm not doing anything extra.

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Community is everything.

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I mostly play one-player games like 'Batman' and 'Assassin's Creed.'

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I want to be an All-Star and never had the opportunity. There's no animosity toward it or anything. I still enjoy everything that the NBA does, genuinely, with the All-Star weekend.

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Every offseason when I'm back in Ohio, I get together with some of my former teammates and reminisce about our run in 2007.

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I think of how serious I treat my job and how much I want to be part of a championship environment and team - I sacrifice everything for it.

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The Grizzlies organization did a very good job of always pushing us in directions and making us aware of things we might not have been aware of when we were young.

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I really think broccoli is my vegetable of choice. You can cook it so many different ways.

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I'm actually not really adventurous when it comes to eating so I stick to things I like.

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I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.

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The best basketball game I ever played was probably when I was in the fifth grade.

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When I play any of the top teams or the top players, it's a stage.

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My job is to run the team and be one of the leaders of the team.

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I'm not afraid to challenge guys. I'm not afraid to put guys in positions to help the team. And I'm not beyond accepting criticism and challenges myself. I think that's why guys are attracted to wanting to play and be around me. They know I'm all in on winning.

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There were times in my career where I could have easily been traded, easily been given up on, and I think me making strides, me making a commitment to myself to come in and get better showed people what I could do each year.

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I've never messed around with any fans. I've never yelled at anybody.

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I'm a guy who wants to fit in.

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Every year, you're going to get better and better. You're going to learn more and understand more.

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