Quotes from Danny Green

Opportunities will come, you've just got to be ready to take advantage of it, be ready when the opportunity comes.

I'm a prime example that you don't have to be the greatest, the most athletic or the tallest.

I've done a lot of different things with community, going green, and not just making sure of improving the wellness of people and their bodies, but of the earth, too.

New York basketball's been pretty good over the years.

I was never a one-dimensional guy; I was always able to block shots, play defense, get rebounds, or drive, or pass. My father made me grow up that way. He taught me to work on different things in my game and wanted me to be more than a one-dimensional player.

That's probably the biggest thing for any team in the playoffs, for every team - if you want to win. It's not about your numbers. It's not about scoring. It's about the team and whatever it is you need to do to help the team win. Whether it's rebounding, taking charges, getting steals, blocking shots or guarding somebody.

Regardless of whether I'm starting or not, I'll try and be the best pro I can be.

Canada is such a big, widespread country.

You just never know who is watching you - it is important to put your best foot forward.

We're going to be Black men forever. And that's not going to ever change.

When the team wins, everybody wins.

Especially after going through an 82-game season, the team that's more mentally locked in and focused is usually the team that makes it to the Finals and wins the NBA championship.

It's like Christmas every day playing in the NBA. You don't have to worry about the real world and real issues. As you get older, you get more mature and you understand that. There's so many other things going on that we have to shed light on to help these people any way we can.

A lot of guys have made it from a lot of different places, and not necessarily because they had parents with great genes. They worked really hard, and they used the resources they had as well as they could.

I like a lot of movies. I like all types of genres. I like the classics - comedy, action.

If a kid's trying to be the next Danny Green, that's weird for me. That's surreal, humbling and hard to put in a thought process.

I've got to continue to work hard because every day somebody's coming for my job. I've got to continue to get better and better each day. I have to act like every day is my last.

Everything happens for a reason. We always go through things that make us better people.

I like to have fun on the court. But once the ball goes up - it's all business.

There's got to be a higher power.

You can't simulate playing basketball no matter how much working out you do.

The numbers are things I don't like to reflect on or look back on.

For me, I just want to continue to win and compete, so at the end of the day, whatever accolades or categories or lists that I make, it's special and humbling.

It's humbling to see kids look up to me or be in awe or see me as a hero or some type of star and actually listen to what I have to say or take my advice.