Top 139 Quotes & Sayings by Blake Griffin - Page 2

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.

I don't ever enjoy time away from the game. But it does make you appreciate what you have.

Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves.

I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.

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

I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on.

My parents, I've always said, are two of the hardest working people I know.

I'm just trying to do my job and my part to make this a team that people respect.

I don't think any guy goes into a season worrying about the next season.

It's always a little gross when you're guarding someone and you can see, like, hair coming from underneath his jersey.

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

Every time something is taken away, you're forced to take a step back and realize how much that thing means to you. You don't realize what you've got until it's gone.

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.

Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things.

College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can choose one of many different paths.

Shoes are a big thing for me, just because it's hard to find shoes that fit me correctly.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

My hair is brown with a tinge of red. The lights in NBA arenas are extremely bright, and that makes my hair look red.

Team Griffin Foundation is a foundation trying to inspire young men and women to give them organization, give them something to have, kind of like when I was growing up. I had people who were supporting me, giving me the right tools that I needed to be able to achieve my dreams.

When the draft lottery came out, and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out more about the Clippers because I didn't know a lot. And I was like, 'Okay, team owned by Donald Sterling.' So then I typed in 'Donald Sterling' in Google, and the first thing that pops up is 'Donald Sterling racist.'

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

If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that.

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.

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.'

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.

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

I'm not a fan of seeing myself on TV.

There's times in games where I feel like I can manipulate and control the game by doing a lot of things. And then there's times where I feel like I'm not inside the flow of the game.

I like to play physical, and I'm a big guy, and I think sometimes - maybe sometimes I am pushing somebody, and I don't realize how hard I'm pushing them. And then they do it back, and it's kind of like, 'Jeez!'

I've never had hard feelings with any of my teammates who decided to leave or felt like it was best to leave.

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

It's just cool to try to leave behind something or improve something from how you left it.

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.

You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.

This has been a dream for me.

It's cool to actually have my own trading card.

Any time you add something to your game, you still have to find ways to improve, so I'm still studying the game and trying to find out ways to increase how we use me on the floor. You're not being complacent, not falling back and floating around the perimeter too much, figuring out when to attack. I'm trying to find that balance between attacking and spotting up and things like that.

Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things and work with really fun people and its something I'm lucky to have.

Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.

I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.

Sometimes you get lucky - you don't put much work in and you're successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it's about the quality of the time you put in.

After you have a big game, you can't just say, 'That's it, I've arrived,' by any means. I'm always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that's important.

You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

Acting is the great love of my life. It gives you permission to use all parts of yourself. Permission to be the hero, the love interest, the comedian, the villain. Transformation excites me. So does truth. Nothing is more thrilling, hilarious, and tragic than the truth. Those things motivated me to become an actor. Also, they always have the best food on set.

The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay!

Some people are so poor, all they have is their money.

Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.

If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down by it.

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

We're not going to think about what's happened in the past.

The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life.

My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.

You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great.

People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.