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" I think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is transcending the NBA. I also think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is terrible. "

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" If you're not getting better, you're getting worse. "

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

" You've just got to earn my respect. "

" 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. "

" I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me. "

" In the NBA, there's always a guy who is only around because he can jump. He doesn't have a clue about the fundamentals. I learn more from the WNBA. They know how to dribble, how to pivot, how to use the shot fake. "

" If you've got to second-guess talking to a teammate, what you have will never work. "

" I think when you look around this league, so much is scripted. And not scripted in a sense that the league is scripted, but when guys talk, it's like, 'Say this. Yeah, come out and say that.' Like, nah, I'm not doing that. I'm going to say what's on my mind. I'm going to say what's on my heart. It's just genuine speaking. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not going to worry about proving people wrong. My goal isn't to prove people wrong. You can't worry about what other people say. "

" 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. "

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

" I watch basketball all day every day. So when I'm watching the games, I watch it - I just enjoy watching basketball - but when I'm watching other people play, I'm really just watching as a student trying to figure different things out. "

" It just doesn't go with my story to be a first round pick, because I had to grind my whole life. "

" I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game. "

" Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting. "

" One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game. "

" Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts. "

" The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship. "

" I can see things before they happen on the court. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I know what I'm capable of, and I try to go out and prove 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. "