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" You've just got to earn my respect. "
Draymond Green
Earn
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" When you're 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can't move as fast or jump as high. "
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" 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. "
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Enjoy
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You
Time
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Say
Prison
" 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. "
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Pretty
Life
Live
" Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league. "
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Player
Strive
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Mouth
Grow
Grow Up
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You
Play
Recreation
" 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. "
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You
Work
" My heart is bigger than most guys who have size over me. "
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Heart
Bigger
Me
" 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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Basketball
Me
" When the ball isn't in my hands, I'm already scanning for where the next pass is going. "
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Ball
Going
Hands
" That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone. "
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Adjust
I Can
Play
" 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. "
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Work
Done
You
" If you're not getting better, you're getting worse. "
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Better
Getting Better
" At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man. "
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Man
Day
Before
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Think
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Guarded
Life
Me
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Go
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