A biography for Draymond Greenhasn’t been written yet.
“I refuse to be outworked, and I consider myself to have the heart of a lion.”
“The fans at Quicken Loans Arena are pretty hostile. They say nasty things.”
“You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don't see all the work that goes into that. It's a grind. And a lot of people don't see that grind.”
“I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.”
“I think complacency is what you allow it to be.”
“I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable guarding any position on the floor. It just didn't happen overnight. It came with a lot of work, a lot of film study and everything.”
“I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal.”
“I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.”
“Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them.”
“After a game, I really just relax with the family.”
“Let me get my money's worth if I'm going to get some techs.”
“My whole life, I've guarded guys bigger than me.”
“Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.”
“The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.”
“A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me.”
“I can see things before they happen on the court.”
“All 'potential' means to me is that you haven't proved anything.”
“I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it.”
“My heart is bigger than most guys who have size over me.”
“I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me.”