Jeff Green

“My game pretty much speaks for itself - a guy who can play multiple positions... attack in different situations.”

“So I guess Cleveland is a city for me that brings a lot of newness to my life.”

“You want to get your teammates involved. You want to make the right play. But sometimes you have to be the guy to make the play.”

“The hardest part was four days after the surgery - my heart rate was very high, I was choking, I couldn't cough, and I started crying. And it was seeing the way my chest looked, definitely deformed. I'm a fit guy, I'm a skinny guy, but to look in the mirror I was bloated with all of the meds.”

“I'm tired of losing.”

“I overcame a big struggle and was able to play in the most prestigious league in the world - something that kids dream of - and play for a long time.”

“The West is tough. The style we play, how we play, how they played before I got here, I just had to come in and help any way I can.”

“To me basketball is secondary. I had to really fight for my life. I almost died over this game.”

“Beyonce. I love it. Big Beyonce fan.”

“Each day I give it my all, whether good or bad.”

“I'm blessed to see another day. For something like that, with any strenuous activity, the tissue could rupture. Could have died, quite frankly. I'm grateful to the doctors in Boston that detected the aneurysm.”

“I'm a great player.”

“I want to play, I wanted to finish out the games, but I've got to make sure I'm right before I step out on the floor.”

“When you have a coach who pinpoints the places you're at most of the time you're on the court, you sort of become a player that's stuck in this box.”

“Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever.”

“When I talk, it's meaningful. It's useful. I don't just talk to talk.”

“Going through heart surgery, being on blood thinners, having been in the hospital is not something you want to go through. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.”

“I've never been in this position where I've had to take an 'X' amount of shots, where I've had to focus on scoring. All of my career has been being a defensive player just running the floor.”

“I have my days like everyone else, but mostly I'm the calm guy. I'm the laid-back one.”

“I've been the guy who has been the third option most of my career.”