A biography for DeMarcus Cousinshasn’t been written yet.
“When they say I'm a bad teammate and that I got a coach fired, that irritates the hell out of me. The biggest thing for me is to always have respect for my teammates. And then the whole Westphal thing - the man got himself fired. He was losing before I got here.”
“What people don't realize is that this is the entertainment business.”
“If you were to ask me, I think my jersey will be hanging in the rafters when I retire in Sacramento.”
“My mom raised six kids on her own.”
“When it was clear I couldn't stay in New Orleans, I went out and created what would end up being the best opportunity for myself. I asked my agent to set up a call with the Warriors. I knew they could use a big.”
“I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor.”
“God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.”
“The first thing I got my mom when I got some money was a house.”
“I don't like to be proved wrong.”
“We weren't the most fortunate family growing up.”
“If you was somewhere walking down the street and somebody says something crazy to you, you're going to react. So just because it's a basketball event doesn't mean those emotions go out the door or us being a human being goes out the door. It's the same thing.”
“I want my family and myself to be comfortable wherever I am at the time, and just be able to relax and kind of let my hair down.”
“I've kind of been doubted my whole life. I use that as fuel to continue to push every single day.”
“I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.”
“I never in a million years would have thought I would end up with Golden State.”
“People say they hate having fake people around, but when you keep it real, they hate you even more. People don't like the truth.”
“You'd go back to school and your friends would say, 'What you get for Christmas?' You got to make up a lie. 'I got this, this and this.' It's all part of growing up and everyone has a different story. It made me who I am today.”
“If you judge me only by my profession, you don't know me at all. Those people who do that? They'll never know me.”
“Hopefully with my so-called celebrity, I can help open more people's eyes to Epilepsy disorders.”
“A close friend of mine's daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy and battled seizures her first 2 years so this cause hits close to home. She ended up having brain surgery and has been seizure-free since. It really is an incredible story. Anything I can do to help promote Epilepsy awareness, I am with it.”