A biography for Austin Rivershasn’t been written yet.
“I am like a germophobe to the max to the point where it actually bothers people sometimes.”
“Like, I'm not enjoying LeBron's greatness right now. I mean, I have no fun playing against him. So you don't get to enjoy it until you look back.”
“It's a 30-game season, and guys in college are big, strong, athletic and they're playing to show you what they can do to win every single game.”
“I always watch guys and take a lot of little stuff. I've taken a lot of hesitation stuff from Steph Curry. I think he's the best at that.”
“You have a kid and realize what's really important. It actually takes pressure off everything. Nothing will come before fatherhood for me, ever in my life.”
“When Houston called, I was like, 'I think this could be a great fit.'”
“For the guys who would say, 'oh, your dad, this and that, you've got to the league or here because of him'... they're hypocrites.”
“I think sometimes adding pressure can be good.”
“My dad's the type of guy when I was 5 years old, we played checkers and he would not let me win. That's just how he is. He's not doing any favors for me.”
“I've been on more planes than I can count.”
“Business and basketball are two different things.”
“Wherever I go, I'm going to work as hard as I can and do everything I can to help the team immediately.”
“Everyone has an opinion about things they don't know much about. You just have to tune everybody out.”
“You just go out there and shoot it, and that's the way I've been my whole life.”
“At the end of the day, my job is to play and compete and that's it.”
“I grew up playing against Michael Carter-Williams.”
“I get picked on by my older brother and sister, and I get yelled at for picking on my little brother and for not cleaning my room.”
“I'd sneak out and work on my game at midnight. The neighbors would call and say, turn the lights off. I went from the worst player to the first guy off the bench to the best player on my ninth-grade team, and then it took off.”
“I trust my hard work, so why wouldn't I be confident?”
“I've always been a fan of Patrick Beverley.”