Words matter. These are the best Greg Oden Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I get 100 percent, and I get to improve on the court, I feel I can be an All-Star.
Marking success, for me, is walking onto a court and just walking off healthy, no matter if it is one minute or two minutes.
Me being in shape allows me to be more mobile and do better things, make bigger plays.
All I know is what I’ve lived through, so this is what I know.
In the media, from the little bit that I have read… there’s not a lot of pity. There are some people, usually older people who have been around or people who really know basketball. Other people in the media are usually like, ‘Well, stop getting injured.’ You know, like I can control it.
I Bust-A-Move! Old-school style too: like, I’ll bust a Robot out in a second.
Don’t get me wrong: if I was healthy, I would love to continue playing, but I’m not healthy.
I started to play in the fourth grade and didn’t score for, like, a whole year.
You gotta be nice. The way I look at it, why not be a nice guy to people?
I lived in Indiana, and Reggie Miller was everywhere.
When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.
Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean, that is everybody’s goal.
I just like to hang out with friends.
I’ve played against LaMarcus Aldridge, and he kills me every time.
Everyone else has days when they don’t want to smile, when you just want to come in and be regular.
Me and my brother used to love when my dad walked in with a pizza. We used to watch Nickelodeon every Saturday night. That was, like, the greatest time ever.
I’ll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history. But I can’t do nothing about that.
I’m just trying to work on my game and get better. That’s all I can do. Keep working hard, keep trying.
Is there any proof that I’m a bust? All there is proof of is that I have bad luck with injuries.
For starters, Portland isn’t a great city to live in if you’re a young, African American male with a lot of money. But that’s especially true if you don’t have anybody to guide you.
I don’t want to be one of those guys who is just there. I want to be a guy that’s on a team that makes it and be an All-Star and has a chance to always win an NBA championship.
I’ve been watching ‘Two and a Half Men.’ That’s my number one. Then ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘90210.’
I hear it each day. If I’m not smiling, if I don’t have the biggest grin on my face, then it’s like I’m always down.
Since I’ve been in fourth grade, all I’ve known was basketball.
I can be fine and not smile.
My dream is to be able to play basketball, and if I can go out there and do it, run up and down, and come off the court again healthy, that’s goal one.
I could’ve signed with a team after Portland cut me and just sat on the bench and collected paychecks, but that’s not my style. That just seems really unethical. Besides, money doesn’t matter to me. I’ve got enough money.
I don’t think I was that bad when I was on the court. I felt like it could have just got better if I had more time on there.
I’ve got to warm up to warm up and then play. I understand that now.
I just realized that basketball and going to the NBA was a possibility, and that’s something that I want to use to better my family and possibly help the world if I can.
It’s a game. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself that you can’t have fun.
Like I would love to be a ladies man, but it’s like… uh, you’re seven feet tall, and you need to shave!
When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.
I’m going to try to jump over people, and I’m going to try to run all day. If my body lets me, I’ll do it.
I’m just gonna be who I am, who God made me, what my mom taught me to be.
My favorite player, growing up, was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched.
For a lot of guys in this league, it’s confidence – once they play a year or two, they start to figure it out.
I was a professional rehab/workout guy for four years. I wasn’t even a basketball player – just a guy who got paid to exercise.
I’m not really worried about individual stats.
When my knee feels good, I’m always going to feel I can do more.
Growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana, there’s not a whole lot to do. What I did was I just went to the basketball court at the Boys & Girls Club and literally stayed there all day until my mom got off of work.
I know I’m one of the biggest busts in NBA history, and I know it will only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things.
I know my knee’s going to heal. I know it’s going to get back. I just don’t know when.
If you’re out there, and you can’t do it, that makes you a bust. Well, I was never really out there. I was never Greg Oden in the NBA.
There’s been so many times when I’ve heard people not pulling for me. So I just play and try not to think about it.
I’ve been strong my whole entire life.
I do like to go bowling a lot.
I know it’s a team game, but, you know, the great ones can do that – have their team involved and take over a game.
I don’t want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.
Fundamentals – everybody has that. I definitely have that.