A biography for JaVale McGeehasn’t been written yet.
“Everything I do is premeditated.”
“As long as I'm efficient, I'm just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.”
“I wish I could do more in Flint but they estimated the amount that it would cost to fix Flint and it would be a little over $1 billion and I'm definitely not a billionaire. It's extremely heartbreaking the way the city is being treated in my opinion.”
“I feel like there was a belief that I couldn't play more than 10 minutes in the league because of asthma or because of anything.”
“People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.”
“I guess I'm a utility player where I can do it all.”
“I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.”
“Some people think I'm dumb, but I feel like things I say, especially on Twitter, are done purposely, because I'm bored.”
“Personally I'm just trying to take advantage of every moment that I get.”
“Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.”
“I feel like people think that I have mental lapses and I'm injury-prone, which isn't true. You just don't know me.”
“For lunch, it's usually a salad with sunflower seeds, cucumbers, celery, and a lot of vegetables.”
“Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.”
“I'm not really a confrontational person.”
“I went through that phase in my life where everything I did wrong was displayed into the public and all over national TV, so I went through a part of my life where I was afraid to do things because I didn't want to make a mistake.”
“When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.”
“Yeah, I get frustrated. But I try not to let those frustrations get out into the media or get out onto the court in my play.”
“I've always been in love with film and music.”
“If you can't breathe, you can't do nothing.”
“Being on a team with four All-Stars is unheard of.”