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" You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don't see all the work that goes into that. It's a grind. And a lot of people don't see that grind. "

Draymond Green

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

" Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league. "

" 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. "

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" I'm going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be. "

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

" Everyone wonders why I talk junk, but I was doomed from the beginning. "

" I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better. "

" I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot. "

" 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. "

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" I've never been a guy who has said 'OK' about stuff. That's not me. That's not my personality. If I think something's wrong, I express that. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I've been pretty broke my entire life. I'm not going to live that same life, but I'm going to keep those same principles. "

" At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man. "

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

" Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them. "

" There are certain guys in the league that get their rhythm off their dribble. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way. "

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