A biography for Austin Rivershasn’t been written yet.
“I think I'm a shooting guard and a point guard, to be honest with you.”
“I don't want people thinking I say disrespectful things to people.”
“It would be weird if people weren't cheering against you. It would be boring.”
“Being a great high school player is one thing, but being a great NBA player is another.”
“You can't play worrying about, like, what will other people say about me. That's not how I've ever approached the game.”
“This chip on my shoulder, this swagger and confidence, it helps me. If I didn't have it, I would not be in the NBA.”
“Golden Oreo cookies. I've got 10 boxes of them in my room. I am obsessed with them. But I burn them right off in practice.”
“My daily watch is Rolex, stainless steel. They're light, they're comfortable.”
“When I came here to L.A., I can't give enough credit to the coaches and the players I play with.”
“Whenever anybody plays their old team, there's obviously something there.”
“I'm looking forward to a state championship, those are my expectations.”
“That's what drove me crazy is people would say - even people who would try to be nice would be like, it's not different than when a dad hires his son at a law firm. I said, it's not the same thing. You can't be given an NBA job. I got drafted.”
“I thought I was going to die. Seriously. I had a 24-hour flu and then I had a stomach virus. I couldn't get out of my bed without going to the bathroom.”
“I was the 10th pick, people were thinking could be an All-Star, but I turned out to be a pretty damn good pro.”
“I keep all my trash talk to basketball. I don't ever go after anybody.”
“It's a new NBA, man. Guys are playing on a new team every year now, and it has nothing to do with how good of a player you are, it's just how the NBA is.”
“I'm going to do what I do and be aggressive and try to help the team in any area I can. And just build.”
“I grew up in Orlando.”
“He was in Boston and I grew up in Orlando. It's not so much like father-son, it's coach-player.”
“If someone is constantly out of shape, late and don't remember plays, how the hell are you supposed to play?”