Gerald Green

“I want to retire here, man. The Suns gave me an opportunity to revive myself and why would I want to go anywhere?”

“This is what I've dreamed about man. Putting this jersey on is a straight honor. Me being from Houston I'm giving it my heart and my everything because this is what I grew up watching and grew up wanting to be a part of. It's just an honor to play for this team.”

“I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.”

“I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.”

“I cried after I woke up from surgery and saw that my finger was gone. I was looking at my hand, going, 'Where the hell is my finger at?'”

“My main goal is I want to win a ring.”

“They'll touch you and look at your skin to see if it's paint. I'm not playing. All Russia is not like that. You've got your big cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg. Some cities understand that there are black people. They do exist. But the smaller cities, the little villages, they've never seen it.”

“You have a lot of guys who've been given opportunities in the league. I'm not one of those guys.”

“I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.”

“I've been kind of thrown under the bus a few times in my career.”

“I hate talking about the dunk contest. I'm just so sick of the dunk contest. I'm done with that. That point of my life I'm over with.”

“I don't want to be remembered for dunks, even though that will probably happen.”

“Things, for me in Boston, did not end badly.”

“Instead of me going out and having eight shot attempts with six 3s, let me see if I can have just four 3s and attack the basket and try to get fouls and rebound better.”

“I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.”

“I feel like everybody makes mistakes defensively.”

“I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.”

“When I signed with the Rockets, I just kind of felt like that was my calling card.”

“Obviously, I don't want to be too emotional. I just kind of want to use my energy on the court so I can just be able to be effective on both ends of the floor.”

“I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.”