It's like Christmas every day playing in the NBA. You don't have to worry about the real world and real issues. As you get older, you get more mature and you understand that. There's so many other things going on that we have to shed light on to help these people any way we can.
Danny Green
Regardless where I am in life or how much money I got, I still enjoy it, but I grind it out. I continue wanting to do more, wanting to be better and achieve more.
Snakes are very low maintenance. I just have to give them meat and water.
I think I had a good all-around career at UNC.
Opportunities will come, you've just got to be ready to take advantage of it, be ready when the opportunity comes.
Obviously, you grow with mistakes and losses, you grow more.
Two very great players. A lot of similarities and some differences, but they are extremely serious about their game. They work their body hard, how to take care of their bodies and lead their team. Obviously, Kawhi is not as vocal as LeBron has been over the years.
I always went school with a backup plan. Everything I did was a backup plan because I never was the most talented guy. I wasn't, you know, the superstar at all.
Especially after going through an 82-game season, the team that's more mentally locked in and focused is usually the team that makes it to the Finals and wins the NBA championship.
When I got cut from Cleveland, they weren't one of the best teams in the NBA at the time, so I had some doubts. I didn't think I was going to get back into the league. I wasn't sure it was going to happen for me.
I've always liked animals.
Since I was in Cleveland, I've gone through a lot of different things.
I would say I'm deceptively athletic - probably a lot more athletic than people think I am.
When your role players start stepping up and playing good basketball, it's a good sign.
We need to get people out to vote.
I know I'm not an All-Star or star player, but I want to be remembered as a great role player who won a lot of games and leave my mark in the league.
I have a red-tail Columbian boa constrictor named 'Jade.'
I wasn't drafted high.
You know, I came in as a rookie and didn't get to play much at all, really. Became a sponge. I had to go through the rough, get cut a couple times, take the G-league route, which was the D-league back then.
San Antonio itself does feel like home.
You're going to have doubts when you get cut. But you can use those moment to light a fire under yourself.
I had to learn that I'm not that special. I may be talented, but I'm not the most talented in the world. And some of the most talented players don't even make it.
I've played for so many great coaches.
I'm a prime example that you don't have to be the greatest, the most athletic or the tallest.
You can't simulate playing basketball no matter how much working out you do.
There's no equal amount of training or conditioning individually you can do to simulate a 5-on-5 basketball game. It's such a different type of staying in shape.
I do a lot of cleaning and organizing of the house, and I'm also a big TV and movie buff.
A lot of guys have made it from a lot of different places, and not necessarily because they had parents with great genes. They worked really hard, and they used the resources they had as well as they could.
If a kid's trying to be the next Danny Green, that's weird for me. That's surreal, humbling and hard to put in a thought process.
I don't have a 'favorite' movie.
I have three younger brothers.
I've had times where I didn't play or came off the bench.
I like a lot of movies. I like all types of genres. I like the classics - comedy, action.
I played for the Long Island Panthers growing up, and we played in all the boroughs.
New York basketball's been pretty good over the years.
I used to watch guys like Andre Barrett, Omar Cook.
It's a great time of year for everybody. In March Madness, there are a lot of upsets, a lot of buzzer beaters, a lot of craziness going on.
It's important to carry yourself as a professional at all times.
You just never know who is watching you - it is important to put your best foot forward.
Anytime you get a chance to play in front of a big crowd is always good I feel like, for any basketball player.
I'm not superstitious or anything, there's nothing I do over and over. I do pray before every game, but other than that there's nothing really that I do consistently every game that's a ritual.
If you don't believe in yourself, why should anybody else?
I'm not one of the guys that didn't know how to manage my money.
Some days you wake up and don't realize where you're at and you go, 'What the hell am I doing here?' That happened in a couple of cities, places. Reno, some places overseas.
I've learned a lot, been a sponge and just continued to take criticism in stride in good positive energy.
If I'm snacking, I'll go for peanut butter and jelly in between meals.
I don't stay away from bread but I don't load up on bread either. I just eat it if it's around.
I wouldn't say I eat fruit all the time. If I'm in the mood for fruit, I'll eat it. I try to get some kind of fruit throughout the day or every couple of days. I usually go for bananas to keep the cramps away.
I am capable of dribbling the ball. I can dribble. And I can play a little defense!
Basketball is just a game, and it's great. We're lucky to play it for our jobs.
