Quotes from JaVale McGee

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

Dinner is usually just pasta with mushrooms.

I block shots and stay out the way.

I've always loved blocking shots.

Some people think I'm dumb, but I feel like things I say, especially on Twitter, are done purposely, because I'm bored.

If you can't breathe, you can't do nothing.

We call Michael Beasley a walking bucket. All he needs is some dishwater and a mop.

I went through that phase in my life where everything I did wrong was displayed into the public and all over national TV, so I went through a part of my life where I was afraid to do things because I didn't want to make a mistake.

As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.

I think about all the time how I'll be able to say that during my career, I played with the greatest players of my era. Hopefully, I'll be able to say I won championships with those players.

I chose basketball over film.

In high school I used to go coast to coast all the time at 6-11.

When I do things, I just fully commit to it.

Going to Golden State, I really fine-tuned everything on defense, which is important because the NBA is moving away from standard bigs and going toward bigs that can switch and things like that.

It's just crazy the way people portray me.

I try to bring positivity to the team.

You bring a car out, you're going to win any dunk contest.

Personally I'm just trying to take advantage of every moment that I get.

I'm actually good friends with Diplo, and we've talked about collab'ing.

I tend to do well against big 4s who are real skilled because I'm tall, lanky and athletic.

I'm just going to keep preparing for the best.

Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.

My mother always made me do ball-handling and all that because she was like, 'What if you stop growing?'

I'll stay in the studio for 12 hours at a time, just producing music and making records. It doesn't feel like 'Oh man I've got a job to do.' It's more like 'Oh man I didn't even realize I've been there this long.'