Quotes from Grayson Allen

I don't feel a need to prove anything or rewrite my legacy.

Being the competitive guy that I am, I can't get into individual battles like I have.

I think I'm so much of a better driver than I was when I first came to Duke; that's the biggest thing for me.

Duke has had many lightning rods over the years, it's a long list of 'em, a long list of white Duke basketball players that have been lightning rods. I didn't fully understand it before I came to Duke, but obviously I do now.

You don't want to put competitiveness and emotion away, so you learn to play with it. You learn to use it for your team.

I think the aggressive and loud way that I played in the championship game is kind of polarizing; you either love it or you hate it.

To me, every play counts. To me, how I play in individuals, how I play in practice, that's how I'm going to play in the game.

I love being a Duke student, and continuing to be part of the university culture is something I don't take for granted.

I found the love that all my teammates had for me. I found the love that this Duke family, this Duke coaching staff, had for me. That's what sticks out to me because I know who I am today.

Half of the basketball world thinks I'm this hothead, dirty player who can't get anything under control and probably thinks I'm arrogant and a selfish guy.

If there's a loose ball, I'm going to dive and see if I can get it. That's just the way you play.

I found my identity in Christ. When everything else around me was falling down I found my identity in God.

I don't feed off of the boos, I don't feed off anything like that... No one likes to get booed, no one likes to get cussed out, no one likes to get yelled at by 20,000 fans when you go places.

I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.

I'm a firm believer that when something feels right, you go with it.

I'm focused on the good things and that makes you really appreciate what you are doing with the team and the time you are out there on the court.

You probably know me best as a 4 year player, national champion, and graduate of Duke University, but I'm also a gamer, student, Christian, and a long time redditor.

I got used to throwing a lot of lobs, got used to finding shooters, finding cutters. Each year at Duke I have had to score in different spots. I think that has helped me so much.

In high school I would use that total defeat that I felt in any type of mistake to go to the gym. That's what made me such a hard worker.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

I'm more of a quiet guy, relaxed, calmer off the court.

If I was doing something that I really, really enjoyed I want to be perfect at it and not make mistakes and do everything right. And when inevitably I made mistakes, because that's what humans do, I would get very angry, very disappointed, very discouraged.

Competitiveness that I've had as a player, competitiveness that was pointed in the wrong direction and went over the line. It's obviously something that I needed to work on and address.

I'm confident about going out there and playing - playing with emotion, screaming and yelling.