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" I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal. "

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" There's the Draymond Green you see out on the floor. But that's not me. I mean, it is, but there's more. People see the fiery guy, the competitive guy, the trash talk and everything. But they don't see the love and compassion. They don't see the person. They don't see the real me, who values his friends and puts people first. "

Draymond Green

People

Compassion

Green

" Every time you make a jump, whether it's from high school to college or college to the NBA, you're going to hear questions about your athletic ability. "

" I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective. "

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

" I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime. "

" At the end of the day, I continue to think I can get better, and that's always my focus. "

" I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it. "

" The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows. "

" I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me. "

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

" I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it. "

Draymond Green

Gym

Problem

" I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it. "

" If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results. "

" A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that. "

" I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep. "

Draymond Green

My Life

Sleep

" No matter what, no matter how I feel, always bring effort. "

" I'm human, and I make mistakes. "

" No one is going to tell me I'm too small to do whatever, to do anything. That's not up to them, and I'll never give anyone that power to say that. "

" I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything. "

" I have a great smile. A lot of people don't know that. "

" Wherever you go in Michigan, you find that toughness. I don't know if it's the weather or the hard times. It's like, if I can make it out of here, I had to be super tough. "

Draymond Green

Weather

Know

" A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me. "

" Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream. "

" Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs. "

" I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me. "

Draymond Green

Game

Play

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

" When I came out in the draft, people kept asking me, 'So are you a small forward or a power forward?' and I was like, 'I'm a basketball player.' Period. "

Draymond Green

Power

Basketball

" Michigan State means so much to my life and me. "

" 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. "

" I see the game differently than some guys. I'm always reading the next move. "