Top 96 Quotes & Sayings by Gerald Green - Page 2

I've hit my head on the rim a couple number of times, back in high school.

I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.

Things, for me in Boston, did not end badly.

Yeah, I'm pretty old. I think I do still got it, though.

Some nights you're going to have a lot of energy, some nights you're not. The great ones find energy from nothing.

I haven't done nothing in this league. Every day I come into practice or come into a game, I'm just trying to prove myself.

At times I was like, 'I'm too tired. I don't want to work out today.' I've been thinking about those moments. Looking back at the mistakes I did make, I wish I could do better.

Danny Ainge is a genius, man.

When I came out of high school, I was a little kid. I didn't understand the business.

I think I did that in my career, in Boston and Miami, being ready to play and at the same time when your number is not called, be ready to support your teammates, go out and be productive while not playing.

Most of my career, I've always kind of been off the bench, so, for me, it's not about if I start or not.

I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.

I'm never going to stop because I had a bad game. I'm never going to stop because somebody thinks that I can't do something. I'm going to always play the way I feel I should play, because I wouldn't have got to here if I felt like I couldn't.

Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.

I think in Phoenix Phoenix is like the run and gun team. We used to do a drill where we'd try to score in the first seven seconds. We used to do that in practice.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

You have a lot of guys who've been given opportunities in the league. I'm not one of those guys.

I'm trying to go to the playoffs. That's my goal. Everything else is going to fall in place.

I'm all about winning. It doesn't matter if I start, or if I don't start, if I play or if I don't play. As long as we're winning, that's all I care about.

You've just got to go out there and compete hard every day.

So, I just always try to prepare myself like I'm going to play even when I wasn't going to play. And when I wasn't playing, my thing is, I was always enjoying the team's success, always enjoying somebody else's success.

I've been trying to figure out what mistakes I'm making defensively as far as help defensive stuff.

I want to be that guy who stops players.

Even if I'm the 15th man on the bench, the first man off the bench, or I'm starting, I'm still part of that team.

My main goal is I want to win a ring.

I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.

I was able to take some time off with my family, my friends, get a better look at what I can do to be a better player on the court. It's been a good little process for me.

When you see the neighborhood that you grew up in being underwater, either you can sit down and look like everybody else, or you can get up and go try to help somebody that needs to be helped.

Once you give up, you know you're done.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.

You know the famous quote, sometimes you have to be ready so you don't have to get ready. I do a lot of things that, it's like, off the camera, that a lot of people don't see me do.

It's not about individual stats but whatever I can do to help my team win, I'm going to do.

Once I went overseas and had this real motivation to get back, I was willing to do whatever it took to stick in this league, and that's what I did.

I'm not afraid to take big shots. I'm not afraid to take any type of shots.

Once I get in the game, I just feel like I have to give it my all.

I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.