Quotes from Draymond Green

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

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.

All 'potential' means to me is that you haven't proved anything.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The fans at Quicken Loans Arena are pretty hostile. They say nasty things.

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.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

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.

My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me.

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

I'm trying to make the Hall of Fame.

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

You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed.

My fire is my gift and my curse. I harness it 95% of the time, but the 5% I don't, it works against me.

Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?'

I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.

I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.

After a game, I really just relax with the family.

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.