Top 55 DeMarcus Cousins Quotes

The beginning to correcting all of our mistakes is communication.

You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, ‘He’s a thug.’ But I’m a competitor.

If you judge me only by my profession, you don’t know me at all. Those people who do that? They’ll never know me.

I’m not going to sit here and say I’m innocent, because I’ve done things. But to get the reputation that I’ve got, I don’t think I’ve done enough. I don’t have a criminal record.

I’m a guy with a big heart who cares about people.

I want to put Sacramento back on the map.

When you have a cop approaching your car with his hand on his gun, I know it may be protocol, but us being the people we are, you automatically feel as if you’re a criminal. So where’s the respect then? You probably won’t respond the correct way. So how do we find a common ground then?

I’ve never been a guy who plays the political game. It’s either right or wrong; that’s how I was raised.

If I started smiling all the time, people would say, ‘DeMarcus must not care anymore.’

I loved my experience in college.

I get the chance to play for my country. That’s the biggest stage. It’s an honor for me.

I know I’ve done bad things. But I’ve done just as much good as I have done bad. And it’s not even necessarily bad. I would say they’re growing pains.

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it’s against guys around the corner, I’m going to play.

I’m all about being a role model to kids. I enjoy doing it, and I like putting smiles on kids’ faces.

I never in a million years would have thought I would end up with Golden State.

I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.

I got drafted at 19. I’ve got millions of dollars in my pocket, I could have lost my damn mind. I don’t see how you could consider me immature.

So you know, the people that do know me, they know I can be very stubborn.

It’s just, some players I don’t respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don’t respect it. I feel like it’s basically cheating and I don’t respect a cheater. If that’s your tactic to winning, I don’t respect you.

Nobody can tell you what your destiny is.

You are either with me or you’re not.

I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that’s kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn’t matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

My mom raised six kids on her own.

Some of what I get, I deserve; I do some dumb stuff sometimes. But I do not deserve the perception that I have.

I love Sacramento. I consider this home.

I am who I am. You can either love it or hate it.

I’m grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

I didn’t have the best Christmases, but my mom and family did what they could.

Coming into the league, everyone said I was going to be fat, I was the next Oliver Miller. I had all these red flags. I just feel I was never given a fair chance coming in.

D.C. basketball has adopted me, and I consider D.C. home.

Health is probably the No. 1 thing that gets overlooked for a player.

It’s hard getting the rhythm when you’re not seeing the ball go through the basket.

Believe in yourself.

I don’t want to be Boogie. I just wanna be DeMarcus.

Putting a smile on kids, putting a smile on families’ faces, changing people’s lives with your so-called status and celebrity with your so-called impact, that’s reality.

I’m an emotional guy. It’s as simple as that.

Who knew I was blowing my Achilles?

Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

I don’t like to be proved wrong.

We in a nasty business, at times. I don’t even say that in a good or bad way. It’s just no place to get too emotional.

The whole basketball world, it’s a fantasy and it’s short-lived.

A lot of the mistakes I made were my fault.

I’m excited to contribute towards U.S.A. Basketball’s winning legacy and continuing its tremendous reputation around the world.

Very proud of where I’m from, very proud of what I’ve been through.

You’d go back to school and your friends would say, ‘What you get for Christmas?’ You got to make up a lie. ‘I got this, this and this.’ It’s all part of growing up and everyone has a different story. It made me who I am today.

Some of my technicals, I don’t even understand. I see some of those technicals other players get, and I compare them to mine and they’re completely unfair.

I get out in the ‘hoods. I want to go to the worst, the grimiest places. That’s where I want to be. Those are usually the kids or the communities that kind of get left behind or forgotten about. I feel like I was in that situation at one point. That’s where my mindset is and that’s what I stand for.

I’ve kind of been doubted my whole life. I use that as fuel to continue to push every single day.

The opportunity to represent my country at the Olympic Games is one of the greatest honors I’ve experienced in my career.

A close friend of mine’s daughter was diagnosed with Epilepsy and battled seizures her first 2 years so this cause hits close to home. She ended up having brain surgery and has been seizure-free since. It really is an incredible story. Anything I can do to help promote Epilepsy awareness, I am with it.

I’m a Mobile, Alabama kid.

I can remember games where the crowd was the reason we won it. It’s well known the Kings have incredible fans.

I love the game. I think that’s obvious, and I’m very passionate in what I do.

Dream big and anything is possible.

I’m human. I mean, I’m not always happy.