Top 35 Grayson Allen Quotes

I’d rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I’m an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that’s what people see, and that’s what they judge off of.

Marshall Plumlee. One of the weirdest/greatest guys I’ve met.

I really loved all my time at this university and so I hope it’s seen how much I appreciate Duke. Not only playing basketball for Duke, but being a student at Duke, and I really am thankful for my time here.

When I’m playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I’m not going to play well.

If you watch college basketball growing up, you picture yourself in that moment, you picture yourself playing in the Final Four on a huge stage.

I think the NBA, they like competitive guys.

I’m focused on the good things and that makes you really appreciate what you are doing with the team and the time you are out there on the court.

For me, just my heart was here at Duke. I just wanted to be here.

Getting a degree from Duke University is an amazing accomplishment for me.

I learned how to prepare like a pro, how to recover like a pro, how to live like a pro while at Duke.

In high school I would use that total defeat that I felt in any type of mistake to go to the gym. That’s what made me such a hard worker.

I think I’m a focal point for everyone. It’s obvious that all the fans are watching every move that I make, and so why wouldn’t the refs?

I kind of got down on myself, and started putting all this pressure on myself to go out there and play well. And that’s when I was playing my worst.

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

I really love Duke. My plan going in is to stay four years.

I love being a Duke student, and continuing to be part of the university culture is something I don’t take for granted.

In a lot of ways I would love to be another student and love to be looked at as a Duke student and a senior and psych major and someone on the basketball team instead of Duke’s polarizing, lightning rod, Grayson Allen villain, all those types of things.

I don’t feed off of the boos, I don’t feed off anything like that… No one likes to get booed, no one likes to get cussed out, no one likes to get yelled at by 20,000 fans when you go places.

I think I’m so much of a better driver than I was when I first came to Duke; that’s the biggest thing for me.

Something like missing a shot, and the next play you’re thinking about it, or you give up a play on defense and you’re thinking about it, you’re frustrated about it, what’s happening is that you’re really thinking about yourself. You’re not connected to the team. And you have to be connected, or those few plays add up.

I found my identity in Christ. When everything else around me was falling down I found my identity in God.

From the time I started playing… When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on – I was always starting through high school.

Duke has had many lightning rods over the years, it’s a long list of ’em, a long list of white Duke basketball players that have been lightning rods. I didn’t fully understand it before I came to Duke, but obviously I do now.

I think the aggressive and loud way that I played in the championship game is kind of polarizing; you either love it or you hate it.

I can adjust to any situation.

You don’t go on nine-day road trips in college.

I don’t feel a need to prove anything or rewrite my legacy.

Half of the basketball world thinks I’m this hothead, dirty player who can’t get anything under control and probably thinks I’m arrogant and a selfish guy.

Being the competitive guy that I am, I can’t get into individual battles like I have.

I’m someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

I found the love that all my teammates had for me. I found the love that this Duke family, this Duke coaching staff, had for me. That’s what sticks out to me because I know who I am today.

I play the game for the love that’s in my heart, and as long as that’s still there, I can go out there with nothing to fear.

I’ve come to learn that you could read through one hundred things, ninety of them could be positive, those ten negative ones are the ones you’re going to remember, that are going to stand out.

It’s nice to score 20 points a game. It’s also nice to end your season with a win.

If I was doing something that I really, really enjoyed I want to be perfect at it and not make mistakes and do everything right. And when inevitably I made mistakes, because that’s what humans do, I would get very angry, very disappointed, very discouraged.