Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Austin Rivers - Page 2

I played through flu-like symptoms before. It was frustrating.

People always talk about 'Oh, it's so nice that you give back.' It just kind of becomes words. When you see it, when you actually put it together and you see the amount of impact you have on a kid, they're going to remember this for the rest of their life.

Being a great high school player is one thing, but being a great NBA player is another.

I've been on more planes than I can count.

I know Chris Paul well. I have a relationship with him.

At the end of the day, my job is to play and compete and that's it.

My dad's been like, 'You'll never beat me.' That's how my dad is.

That's what drove me crazy is people would say - even people who would try to be nice would be like, it's not different than when a dad hires his son at a law firm. I said, it's not the same thing. You can't be given an NBA job. I got drafted.

In high school, I used to just catch the ball and do whatever I wanted and score. In college, you can't do that anymore.

Business and basketball are two different things.

The coaches at Duke really helped me get better.

He's a great father - I don't view him as a coach. He gives me advice as a person and as a basketball player, and I've learned a lot from him and my mom.

I can go a week without playing and be all right.

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and that's through hard work.

I was always Little Doc. And in the sixth grade I was the worst player on the team. People said I was only on the team because of my name.

I really wanted to give back to the youth - especially abused or underprivileged kids. Just hearing their stories breaks your heart. So that's who I wanted to give back to.

I trust my hard work, so why wouldn't I be confident?

I'm kind of a loner type of dude when it comes to basketball.

I grew up playing against Michael Carter-Williams.

One game, one of the kids yelled, 'The only thing Riverses are good at is coaching.' I didn't take offense, I just smiled.

I thought I was going to die. Seriously. I had a 24-hour flu and then I had a stomach virus. I couldn't get out of my bed without going to the bathroom.

I don't like missing a game.

My dad would never, ever play me over somebody because I'm his son. If I'm not playing well, I'm sitting on the bench.

I'm looking forward to a state championship, those are my expectations.

I'd sneak out and work on my game at midnight. The neighbors would call and say, turn the lights off. I went from the worst player to the first guy off the bench to the best player on my ninth-grade team, and then it took off.

It seemed like my dad was always a thousand miles away, coaching.

You got to get the opportunity and then you've got to make the most of it.

You can't strut around in my house, because everybody has their own achievements.

New Orleans just wasn't anything for me. I didn't fit in. I just couldn't get adjusted.

Some people just can't understand or relate. So why would I care about someone's opinion who doesn't do what I do and live the life I live?

My father's a very private person. I mean a very private person. His life outside of basketball, he doesn't really share it with anybody.

I stopped trying to show everybody I could play. I don't need to show anybody anything. Just go be myself, and if I do that, then I can really show how good of a player I can be.

When you don't win, people have to make up a reason.

I played on the same AAU team with Brandon Knight.

I get picked on by my older brother and sister, and I get yelled at for picking on my little brother and for not cleaning my room.

My dad's the type of guy when I was 5 years old, we played checkers and he would not let me win. That's just how he is. He's not doing any favors for me.

I have to do so much to distinguish myself.

Whenever anybody plays their old team, there's obviously something there.

I don't really like to escalate anything.

He was in Boston and I grew up in Orlando. It's not so much like father-son, it's coach-player.