Words matter. These are the best Paul George Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I want every year to have a chance to compete for a championship.
I’ve always been a guy to just let the game come to me. Just play the game.
LeBron is the best player in our league, but some people have a hard time playing with him.
I think everybody, whether they have team goals or individual goals, I think everybody would like to be the MVP of the league. But that’s not what my focus is. My job is just to give everything that I have, play as hard as I can, and just try to win as much as possible. If that makes me the MVP, then so be it.
I felt I was in a good place with Oklahoma.
Everyone in the league would say that they would love to go back home and play for their city. It’s just something about representing home.
I know what I bring to the table. I know my game offensively and defensively. I think I’m one of the best, if not the best, playing two-ways.
The only thing I wanted out of Indiana was a chance to win my whole career there.
I want to be a champion.
In a way, it’s like I want to come here, I want to play for the home team and put a Lakers jersey on. That’s always going to be something that I want to fulfill.
I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it’s my comfort zone. It’s basketball. It’s what I do. I’m not losing sleep over it.
I was kind of unproven. I didn’t play in a high-profile school, and with that comes the notion that, ‘He’s not ready.’ I felt I had questions to answer. Was I going to be ready to play against elite-level athletes?
I’m from L.A. I can say I love L.A. because I’m from L.A.
Always being an underdog, always being the player or the person nobody really knew, that always kept a chip on my shoulder.
I always just take pride in being a basketball player.
I know who I am as a player, I just want to help a team win.
I can play in any offense and play off any player.
Once I changed my diet, I noticed I had a ton of energy – I was more lively and ready for the workouts; my body was better. I noticed it was definitely the stuff I was putting in my body that made me feel better.
I’m a family man now. I don’t need no distractions; I don’t need no big cities, no big lights, at this point in my career.
People saying I want to come here, who doesn’t want to play for their hometown? That’s a dream come true, if you’re a kid growing up on the outskirts of L.A., to be the man in your city.
Winning takes precedence over all of it. That’s the ultimate happiness. It’s not location. It’s not stardom. It’s not ‘where can I make the most money.’ It’s winning, and winning championships.
I just love playoff basketball.
At 23, I know I’m nowhere close to where I want to be and where I need to be and where I’m going to be.
I had the Kobe jersey. I would do the Kobe walk. I would walk around the house doing the Kobe stare-down face. Anything you can name, I was idolizing him, trying to be like him.
As beautiful as Oklahoma is, it doesn’t have big lights and none of that. But that’s fine… I’m a low-maintenance, low-key, chill guy.
My shoe has been going through evolution, and we having great feedback from the 1 to the 2 and the 2.5’s, so I think just consistency. The biggest thing I wanted to accomplish was a shoe that basketball players loved and felt like they have an advantage out of.
I grew up a Lakers and a Clippers fan.
I’m going to get paid what I deserve off of what I bring to the table.
I’ve never been a guy that’s been salty about the shots I’m getting. I just try to play the right way.
Nobody wants to play for a team that’s not competitive.
In Indiana, I knew the offense in and out. I knew spacing; I knew personnel. I knew the offense, how coach wanted to play me. So when I just wanted to take over and control the game, I could.
I feel like every year I get better, every year I learn something new, and I don’t plan on stopping.
When I told the Pacers I wanted to play for the Lakers, that was true feelings. I wanted to come back home.
When I first fell in love with the game, and I’m outside playing in front of the house, I’m not picturing myself in an Indiana jersey or picturing myself in a Thunder jersey. I pictured myself in a Lakers jersey.
You put two fiery all-stars on the same team, something special has to happen.
