A biography for Patrick Beverleyhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't go out there to hurt people, I don't even know how to attempt to hurt somebody. I play hard, bring the edge. I'm an instigator. That gets me going.”
“There's only way to get in game shape. That's to play in games.”
“Don't talk to me about getting comfortable. It makes me uncomfortable.”
“If I didn't get paid to play this game, I'd still play it the exact same way, with as much intensity and as much focus as I play it with now.”
“I think my biggest trait is to play extremely hard within the rules of the game.”
“If I had to play myself, I'd probably want to fight me too.”
“If I have something to do, an event to do, I am taking it serious. I remember those times when I wish I had events to do.”
“Actually when I was overseas I didn't watch any NBA. I was like, 'Forget the NBA,' and this and that. 'Cause I was hurt that I wasn't on an NBA team. I kind of was rebellious when it came to that because I was kind of jealous and envious that I wasn't on an NBA team, so I kind of just focused on my game and focused on overseas.”
“I could care less about coaches asking players to rest or not. It's up to you to play or not, and if you don't, you're disrespecting the game.”
“Kobe taught people how to work hard, he taught you how to work hard. He gave you the blueprint of what you should do to be a successful basketball player, and work hard.”
“If I wasn't playing basketball, I would be in the streets.”
“I call a spade a spade. If you're doing things the wrong way, I'm going to let you know regardless if you're the max-contract guy on the team or the two-way guy on the team.”
“Of course, the human part of you wants to take as much money as you see, but all money isn't good money.”
“The Lakers, obviously, that's L.A.'s team. The Clippers and Clippers fans are put on the backburner a little bit and can go unnoticed due to the championships, due to the people who played there.”
“I represent Chicago.”
“I'm the best guard in this league, defensively, man, hands down.”
“I can't let Chicago down. I got to put on for my city.”
“Every team I play, I'm playing them like we playing the Golden State when they had Kevin Durant. Every point guard I play, I'm playing Steph Curry. Every shooting guard I'm playing, I'm playing James Harden. Every three-man I'm playing, I'm playing LeBron and KD.”
“I love playing against my friend D-Rose.”
“The biggest thing for me when I got to L.A. was everybody wrote us off to make the playoffs. That was one of my goals. Put that on my mirror. We did it as a team. And that's my thing: Wherever I go, I'm going to win.”