Top 60 Blake Griffin Quotes

I still think, when you go to the Garden, it’s a completely different feeling. The energy – there seems like there’s just a consistent buzz the entire game.

My entire career, everybody says I need to punch somebody.

Sometimes you get the rap of, ‘Don’t always play hard,’ or, ‘Just doing it for the money.’ But there are guys that genuinely love the game of basketball and are always playing it and are always out there. There are guys that work hard and actually understand the game and are very knowledgeable off the court as well.

Oklahoma City’s not real small; it’s got a good amount of the people.

I’ve never really worried about being called soft or people thinking I’m soft. If anybody wants to step and take that challenge, I’m more than happy – off the court – because I don’t want to get suspended.

During the playoffs, I tone down the Internet usage.

Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, ‘We want to win a championship,’ but you’ve got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.

No one has ever bitten me, and I’ve never bitten anyone on the court.

I love L.A. You definitely can’t beat the weather, and being close to the beach is nice. It’s a good town.

Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that’s how basketball should be. I don’t take those fouls personally.

My everyday go-to style is a lot more casual. I like to wear suits to games, but during the day, going to the gym, I’m in my workout gear. Then if I’m going to lunch meetings, I like to keep it somewhat casual – short-sleeved button-ups, jeans, and sneakers.

In basketball, there’s a lot of pushing, grabbing, and shoving going on that nobody else sees. That’s why I’m training with MMA fighter Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone.

To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you’re playing your game.

The thing about the max is, you’re worth whatever somebody is willing to pay you, in my mind.

My biggest problem with everything going on is the lack of understanding and the lack of respect in this world.

I’m not really trying to be a stand-up comedian. I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who do it. That’s their livelihood. That’s their job. It’s just something that I enjoy.

The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don’t want to be hugged up to my guy. When we’re body to body, I want to control you.

When you have a tough year or a year that didn’t go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all that and not being able to take advantage of our team and our talent on our team, you feel that. And whenever something is taken away from you like that, you definitely cherish it more.

I want a long and healthy career.

I do have a lot of resolutions, but I don’t really make them at New Year’s much.

The usual practice just isn’t enough. I want more edge over my opponents. Cross-training is so important. I can improve myself and have a lower impact on my body.

Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there’s new challenges and new things you have to pick up.

I bought my parents a house. Then I bought myself a Rolex. My brother forced me to do it, but I’m glad he did.

One of my favorite games of all time was on Nintendo 64 – ‘NFL Blitz.’ I don’t know why, I just loved that game – being able to hit people after the play and stuff was always fun.

We can’t have the mindset of becoming complacent with losing.

I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.

I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That’s kind of the way I’ve always been, and I want to put those expectations on our team as well.

I feel like people believe I’m thinking a different thing than I am because I have this look about me.

I’ve been wearing Zegna for a while. It started a long, long time ago, my rookie year.

Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is amazing.

Growing up, I was always wearing my brother’s hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it’s always going to fit me correctly.

I know that if I’m going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.

To me, the best comedians are the ones that take everyday, normal, boring stuff that no one thinks is funny, and they make it funny. That’s the same style I go for.

That’s the good thing about sports – it’s very clear-cut. You either win, or you don’t.

L.A.’s been my home.

The biggest thing I think is, ‘It’s OK to care. It’s OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.’

If you get behind in first grade, then you’re behind every grade from then on.

That’s what I’m always searching for – finding the balance between not caring so much to where I put all this pressure on myself. But still caring enough to where it pushes me to work exactly how I’ve been working so far.

I don’t go into a situation trying to knock somebody over. It’s just the way I play: physical.

It was funny to hear that I’d slapped Bieber. I thought it was a joke. Then it blew up. I probably got 50 texts about it.

I’ve never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.

You’re not going to please everybody. I’ve just got to do whatever I feel is right, just use my judgment.

I think everybody’s ideal is to have a wonderful career with one franchise, like Kobe and Tim Duncan.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it’s not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.

Me personally, I’m always going to lead by example first. But there are moments where I need to use my voice and go up to a guy and get my message across.

There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there’s times when they’re a little bit further than that.

My dad was 32 in college, and my brother wore 32 in college. So I’m just going to stick with it.

There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that – that’s their role, to be on the bench encouraging guys to play hard and get good minutes.

If you have less games, less back-to-backs, the product’s better. The fans will appreciate it more. You see those college guys playing so hard, but they play 36 games in the same amount of time we play 82 almost.

You just have to know that there’s people watching you, and you’ve got to be a positive role model and not put yourself in bad situations.

It’s not something that I dwell on. I’ve never really had a problem with being soft.

My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that’s what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

Before a game, I prefer R&B and stuff that calms me down, like the Weeknd.

Coach Capel’s got style. He’s always got fresh Nikes on. He’s got some pretty sweet suits.

When I was in the dunk contest, DeMar DeRozan actually did the dunk I was about to do before me. That was going to be my next dunk, so I was panicking when I went up for my turn.

I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game.

I like to do a little bit of boldness but mixed in with a classic look. You don’t have to do something crazy to stand out.

I love the process. It’s like I’ve fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.

I’m not a fan of seeing myself on TV.