Mike Conley Jr.

“Off the court, most of my time is on the golf course. I spend my time golfing, mostly relaxing at home and playing video games.”

“I enjoy the fans recognizing me.”

“I'm not afraid to challenge guys. I'm not afraid to put guys in positions to help the team. And I'm not beyond accepting criticism and challenges myself. I think that's why guys are attracted to wanting to play and be around me. They know I'm all in on winning.”

“Every offseason when I'm back in Ohio, I get together with some of my former teammates and reminisce about our run in 2007.”

“Painting, one arm gets tired, I'll use the other one and be just as effective. So, yeah, I've always used both arms. I just like to be balanced in life, I guess. That's my little thing, my OCD, whatever it is.”

“Memphis is a basketball town, but we're not viewed that way on the national map. Maybe it's because the Grizzlies aren't on TV as much.”

“I think of how serious I treat my job and how much I want to be part of a championship environment and team - I sacrifice everything for it.”

“You just believe in positive thinking. And you can do a lot more with the body than you think you can.”

“Nothing was ever easy in Memphis and I think that's why the fans were drawn to our team so much. It's because the way we played and the way we got overlooked and the respect that we didn't get most of the time was very similar to how the city felt and how the locals felt about life in general. It was an easy bond.”

“My job is to run the team and be one of the leaders of the team.”

“Coming out as a rookie, no. 4 draft pick, you expected to see some playing time.”

“I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I like to go bowling, watch movies. I love going to the movies. I go to the movies in every city we go. And when I'm at home I play video games all day.”

“Not everyone makes it to the national championship.”

“I like watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. I also like Mike Weir because he is a lefty like me. I like watching golf a lot.”

“It's been a rough 2020 for all us. Everybody in the world. Including myself.”

“Some people might feel like their vote doesn't matter but it really does.”

“I got used to being pushed down, getting my eye split open and guys talking trash.You have to learn to live with it and adapt to it. That's what I did.”

“I've had plenty of arguments in Memphis with Tony Allen, Marc Gasol, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph, we all go through that spell, you ride with each other for so many years, you have a situation where you go at one another to push each other. It's normal in basketball, normal in life. It's just so public in this game.”

“If you're not a scoring point guard, people don't think of you as highly. They don't think of you as the type that's going to make an impact in college because you're not trying to score 20 points a game. You're more trying to get 10 assists.”

“There's no better way of getting yourself back into a rhythm and back into game shape than playing a game. You can't really mimic that in practice.”