A biography for Greg Odenhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm just gonna be who I am, who God made me, what my mom taught me to be.”
“I Bust-A-Move! Old-school style too: like, I'll bust a Robot out in a second.”
“For a lot of guys in this league, it's confidence - once they play a year or two, they start to figure it out.”
“It's frustrating that my body can't do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn't going to fix anything.”
“When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.”
“Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.”
“I was a professional rehab/workout guy for four years. I wasn't even a basketball player - just a guy who got paid to exercise.”
“I started to play in the fourth grade and didn't score for, like, a whole year.”
“When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.”
“I hear it each day. If I'm not smiling, if I don't have the biggest grin on my face, then it's like I'm always down.”
“I just realized that basketball and going to the NBA was a possibility, and that's something that I want to use to better my family and possibly help the world if I can.”
“I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history, and I know it will only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things.”
“When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time to play and actually improve.”
“Don't get me wrong: if I was healthy, I would love to continue playing, but I'm not healthy.”
“All I know is what I've lived through, so this is what I know.”
“I wanted to be a dentist when I was younger. But then I started to get big and realized that my hands were so big, I'd kind of scare the little kids away.”
“I know it's a team game, but, you know, the great ones can do that - have their team involved and take over a game.”
“When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.”
“I don't think I was that bad when I was on the court. I felt like it could have just got better if I had more time on there.”
“My mental state is perfectly fine.”