Quotes from George Hill

I like to play 'Rock Band' - a lot.

When I was a rookie, it was pretty much my first time outside of the city that I grew up in.

I'm a lead-by-example guy but also vocal because I'm the point guard.

You need the point guard to be vocal.

I'm not here to say vote for one side of the other. But I'm here to say use your voice and vote. Our ancestors, our fathers and things like that fought for this right. You should take advantage of it and get out and vote and use it.

We can't worry about this person or that person, how many shots people are getting or minutes. We just got to try to win a game.

I've learned, after my first trade in San Antonio, that you don't put all your eggs in one basket in a place.

At the end of the day, it's basketball. You've got to put the ball in the basket.

I really don't care if I start, if I come off the bench, if I'm playing long minutes or short minutes.

There's a lot of negative things going on. I just try to do my job to make the world a better place.

I'm not a big fan of moving from city to city.

I've seen the police brutality.

Our African American kids need to know what Black Wall Street was all about.

Everyone has a dog or a cat... I just choose other animals.

God just blessed me with a talent to play basketball. If I didn't have that talent, I possibly would've been that George Floyd.

At the end of the day, you're only going to be allowed to play basketball for a short period of time. You're a human other than that for the rest of your life. So it's safe to say that basketball doesn't define me. It's just a sport that I was blessed to play.

If you're sitting for more of the majority of the game and you really don't get a lot of touches, maybe every once in a while your confidence and your rhythm is probably out of sync.

That's what I try to base my life on is being a positive impact for the community... and everything I put my hands on.

I didn't have that growing up as a kid, people who gave back to the community and things like that. It was a dream of mine when I made it to always give back and be a positive impact and great role model.

The more I'm aggressive, the better off we're going to be. I have to take that into consideration every game to make it a point to be aggressive.

You know, the fans, the city have embraced me. The Jazz culture and family have welcomed me with open arms. Any time you have those things clicking on all cylinders, it just makes for a great place to raise your family and be a part of.

It's not about scoring, it's having that presence out there and managing the game and getting everyone involved.

In high school I was that athlete that was pretty good.

I didn't grow up with money and I don't define my life by money.