Top 79 Quotes & Sayings by Greg Oden
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I've got an old body.
I lived in Indiana, and Reggie Miller was everywhere.
I'm not really worried about individual stats.
I'm just trying to work on my game and get better. That's all I can do. Keep working hard, keep trying.
I started to play in the fourth grade and didn't score for, like, a whole year.
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.
When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.
There's been so many times when I've heard people not pulling for me. So I just play and try not to think about it.
It's frustrating that my body can't do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn't going to fix anything.
I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history, and I know it will only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things.
I'm going to try to jump over people, and I'm going to try to run all day. If my body lets me, I'll do it.
Fundamentals - everybody has that. I definitely have that.
I don't think I was that bad when I was on the court. I felt like it could have just got better if I had more time on there.
I know my knee's going to heal. I know it's going to get back. I just don't know when.
That's the worst part about all of the injuries and the criticism. It would be one thing if I had been healthy for five years and just sucked when I was on the court. But I can't prove what I can do because I can't stay healthy. Not having control over the situation makes it tough.
Growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana, there's not a whole lot to do. What I did was I just went to the basketball court at the Boys & Girls Club and literally stayed there all day until my mom got off of work.
Don't get me wrong: if I was healthy, I would love to continue playing, but I'm not healthy.
When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time to play and actually improve.
You gotta be nice. The way I look at it, why not be a nice guy to people?
I've played against LaMarcus Aldridge, and he kills me every time.
When you don't play hard enough, you don't win.
I don't want to be one of those guys that people just talk about. I'm not good with people talking about me. I'd rather be the guy that just goes out and proves himself, and there's nothing left to say.
For a lot of guys in this league, it's confidence - once they play a year or two, they start to figure it out.
I wanted to be a dentist when I was younger. But then I started to get big and realized that my hands were so big, I'd kind of scare the little kids away.
I've been strong my whole entire life.
Everyone else has days when they don't want to smile, when you just want to come in and be regular.
When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.
I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history. But I can't do nothing about that.
My dream is to be able to play basketball, and if I can go out there and do it, run up and down, and come off the court again healthy, that's goal one.
I'll know that when I play a good game, a decent game, and I know when I can play a lot better and aggressive, when I can take over a game myself.
My favorite player, growing up, was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched.
Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean, that is everybody's goal.
I just realized that basketball and going to the NBA was a possibility, and that's something that I want to use to better my family and possibly help the world if I can.
I'm just trying to better myself and work on my degree and set something up for the future of my family.
I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.
My mom didn't have a lot of money.
I've got to warm up to warm up and then play. I understand that now.
It wasn't like I was clinically depressed, but I was so down. I think I was probably depressed. Nothing went my way since college, and I put my head down and kind of pitied myself. That wasn't the right way to go.
My cousin got wrapped up in the NBA lifestyle and threw parties at my house all the time. So I got wrapped up in it, too.
All I know is what I've lived through, so this is what I know.
I want an Ohio State degree, and not all of their classes are online, so it might have to be after I retire.
I know it's a team game, but, you know, the great ones can do that - have their team involved and take over a game.
I'm from the inner city of Buffalo.
When a girl sends me 100 pictures, I have to send something back every now and then.
I hear it each day. If I'm not smiling, if I don't have the biggest grin on my face, then it's like I'm always down.
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money. But that's especially true if you don't have anybody to guide you.
Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball.
Is there any proof that I'm a bust? All there is proof of is that I have bad luck with injuries.
I know we're going to be connected for a long time, Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. He's a really, really good player. I'm a pretty decent player. So I hope things work out.
Marking success, for me, is walking onto a court and just walking off healthy, no matter if it is one minute or two minutes.
In the media, from the little bit that I have read... there's not a lot of pity. There are some people, usually older people who have been around or people who really know basketball. Other people in the media are usually like, 'Well, stop getting injured.' You know, like I can control it.
If you're out there, and you can't do it, that makes you a bust. Well, I was never really out there. I was never Greg Oden in the NBA.
When I get 100 percent, and I get to improve on the court, I feel I can be an All-Star.
I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.
I've been watching 'Two and a Half Men.' That's my number one. Then 'Gossip Girl' and '90210.'
I can be fine and not smile.
It's a game. Don't put too much pressure on yourself that you can't have fun.
My mental state is perfectly fine.
I just like to hang out with friends.
I could've signed with a team after Portland cut me and just sat on the bench and collected paychecks, but that's not my style. That just seems really unethical. Besides, money doesn't matter to me. I've got enough money.
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