Top 66 Mike Conley Jr. Quotes

It is an honor and privilege to be able to be in a position to utilize my platform as a professional athlete to support the lives of others.

I mean, I spend every summer working hard to improve my game. I’ve taken parts of my game that I might have been uncomfortable with and worked on them to make them second nature.

Being an African-American, minority, or poor, you get in a tough situation and you don’t get a fair shake.

There’s no better way of getting yourself back into a rhythm and back into game shape than playing a game. You can’t really mimic that in practice.

I’ve been given plenty of opportunities and been blessed to have the kind of family that I have to give me the mindset to never stop working.

I play ‘Gears of War,’ ‘Halo,’ other stuff. But ‘Halo’ is my game, definitely.

For professional athletes, I think we have a responsibility to utilize our platforms to stand for something bigger than our individual selves and to be the voice and support for those who don’t have one.

When you have a good anything, you notice the difference – whether it’s a good shooting sleeve or a pair of shoes or a jersey, we all feel the differences.

There’s guys that don’t need to play with the ball. Tony Allen doesn’t need to have the ball to be effective.

I look for respect and to try to earn the respect of a lot of people.

The Grizzlies organization did a very good job of always pushing us in directions and making us aware of things we might not have been aware of when we were young.

I was a center fielder, and I played shortstop.

Sickle cell disease has personally affected my family.

Well, I think for everybody, Michael Jordan was the idol. He’s one of my favorite players, but I had a few different guys I liked to watch, like Gary Payton and Isiah Thomas. Isiah was a guy I really loved to mimic my game after. There were a bunch of old-school guys I loved to watch.

You just believe in positive thinking. And you can do a lot more with the body than you think you can.

Some people might feel like their vote doesn’t matter but it really does.

If you’re not a Grizz fan, you might not even know what we’re up to until playoffs come around. We get forgotten and sometimes slighted.

I don’t want a tech. I don’t want to get one.

I love horror movies. Any scary movie – if one comes out, I go see it, even if it’s supposed to be bad. I want to get my own opinion of it.

I’m actually not really adventurous when it comes to eating so I stick to things I like.

I’ve never messed around with any fans. I’ve never yelled at anybody.

If you’re not a scoring point guard, people don’t think of you as highly. They don’t think of you as the type that’s going to make an impact in college because you’re not trying to score 20 points a game. You’re more trying to get 10 assists.

Every year, you’re going to get better and better. You’re going to learn more and understand more.

Memphis made me. I always say that. The experiences I had in that city and with those fans made me.

I’m tired of being underrated. I’m tired of being overlooked.

Voting when I was 18 years old wasn’t a priority. It wasn’t something I took much interest in. We weren’t watching the news or trying to get caught up on the legislation, and candidates’ opinions and what they’re going to try to bring to America.

My job is to run the team and be one of the leaders of the team.

It’s hard to be a team when you’re battling yourselves.

When I play any of the top teams or the top players, it’s a stage.

I feel young men and women of color need to be provided with equal opportunities no matter what their socioeconomic status may be.

Everybody needs to serve in their community.

I want to be an All-Star and never had the opportunity. There’s no animosity toward it or anything. I still enjoy everything that the NBA does, genuinely, with the All-Star weekend.

I always had faith that I’d be a good player.

I’m not a guy that’s going to be overbearing at all.

I’m a big golfer, so in the offseason, that’s all I do – golf and play basketball. But during the season, I like to go bowling, watch movies. I love going to the movies. I go to the movies in every city we go. And when I’m at home I play video games all day.

I think I probably had to have been two or three when I fell in love with anything that bounced – any kind of ball that bounced, I was running and screaming after it.

There were times in my career where I could have easily been traded, easily been given up on, and I think me making strides, me making a commitment to myself to come in and get better showed people what I could do each year.

I’ve had plenty of arguments in Memphis with Tony Allen, Marc Gasol, Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph, we all go through that spell, you ride with each other for so many years, you have a situation where you go at one another to push each other. It’s normal in basketball, normal in life. It’s just so public in this game.

It’s a blessing to be able to use my platform to bring more awareness to the local causes that are near and dear to my heart.

At some point, you know the game will have to end for you.

It’s not always an easy process when you bring in a whole new crew of guys because you trusted the last people so much that it’s hard to build the same rapport again.

With a rim-runner like Rudy Gobert – not a lot of guys can set picks like he does, run to the rim and go get it way above the glass.

Off the court, most of my time is on the golf course. I spend my time golfing, mostly relaxing at home and playing video games.

My natural personality is more laid-back and not as aggressive.

It’s been a rough 2020 for all us. Everybody in the world. Including myself.

Coming out as a rookie, no. 4 draft pick, you expected to see some playing time.

I don’t like shopping at all.

I’ve been through a lot. A lot of highs. The lowest of lows. That’s why I am how I am.

Normally after a game I want to eat something that I know is filling. Steak is one of my options for protein. For me, it’s all about keeping my weight on. Because I’m more slender, I actually tend to lose weight during the season so I actually have to eat more so that I can keep the weight on.

If I’m not an All-Star, maybe the next-best thing to it is to be a part of that weekend, take my family there and just try to have a really good time.

I’m a guy who wants to fit in.

I almost got traded my rookie year or my second year in the league.

I’m right-handed in everything other than basketball. I actually use my right hand a lot more in basketball than people think.

Most of my family is from Arkansas on my Mom’s side, and my Dad’s family is from up north in Chicago.

Memphis is a basketball town, but we’re not viewed that way on the national map. Maybe it’s because the Grizzlies aren’t on TV as much.

We’re looking at the court as X’s and O’s and plays that can happen, two three steps ahead of time. That’s what the best point guards do. As you grow into a point guard that’s what you learn, and eventually, you tend to grasp that.

It’s who I am. You win awards for sportsmanship and whatever, but that’s just me being me. I’m not doing anything extra.

March Madness gave me both a lasting confidence and a lifelong bond with both my teammates and opponents.

The best basketball game I ever played was probably when I was in the fifth grade.

I try to play defense and be an unselfish teammate.

This is the pinnacle of the basketball world, you know, in the NBA you’re playing against the best guys in the world, and best defensive players in the world, so you have to be able to outthink them and make the right decisions.

The more you are around your teammates and work with them, the better you will be in the season.

When you’re done playing you want to leave a legacy.

Winning a championship is everybody’s goal.

Well, Memphis isn’t the most active city, but we find ways to have fun, whether it’s going bowling, maybe to the movies, going out to eat. We eat a lot here because there’s a lot of good food.

I don’t hunt shots.