A biography for Patty Millshasn’t been written yet.
“The AFL and NRL have done an awesome job every season in acknowledging Australia's culture and Indigenous culture.”
“Being amongst the best players in the world, it's a really exciting opportunity I think I'll be able to thrive off.”
“Every meal is a conscious effort to stay disciplined and understand what's on your plate.”
“It's a competitive fire underneath me that welcomes the spotlight, welcomes those big moments.”
“I feel like I've experienced a lot to learn my own game but also to be able to help others as well.”
“We play the right way at the Spurs. We don't go about business the wrong way, we play hard and represent the Spurs the best way we can.”
“I had a roommate who refused to believe that there were black people from Australia and that I just had this accent. I got frustrated. I'm saying, 'mate, you've never heard of Aboriginals?' And he definitely never heard of the Torres Strait Islands.”
“I'm not a Steve Nash or a Magic Johnson who is going to come out and throw 15 assists and do all these crazy passes, that is not me and it's not my game.”
“I'll always say this: my name is Patrick Mills, I'm a Kokatha man from South Australia, and I'm a Naghiralgal and Dauareb-Meriam man of the Torres Strait Islands.”
“I'm just a little indigenous boy who likes to have a dance.”
“It's never going to be a smooth sailing ship, there's going to be ups and downs and I think one of the most important things to understand is not to ride the highs too high and ride the lows too low - it is a marathon and if you can just try to steady the ship as you go.”
“I go about my craft as a professional and learn ways to get better, trying to carry myself in a way that I think can inspire others.”
“I've got to bring it every night and earn the right and trust from my coach and teammates to be able to make an impact on the game.”
“It's one of those things, as a team sport there are always things you try to find to come together and bond.”
“I've grown a lot in my time in San Antonio, both on and off the court, and probably off the court most importantly.”
“As a proud Indigenous man I have a lot of things that are symbolic and have a lot of meaning to me.”
“If you take control of yourself and you make the right cut or the right screen, then something good will come out of it.”
“I feel a responsibility to not only live up to expectations, but the standard of which the likes of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have set for us.”
“The way that I represent Australia and indigenous Australia affects other people as well from other cultures.”
“I've always been an ambassador for Australians, non-Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Australians... I let people know about who I am and that I'm not just a basketballer, I'm a person who comes from a very rich heritage.”