Draymond Green

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed.

I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.

There's the Draymond Green you see out on the floor. But that's not me. I mean, it is, but there's more. People see the fiery guy, the competitive guy, the trash talk and everything. But they don't see the love and compassion. They don't see the person. They don't see the real me, who values his friends and puts people first.

The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows.

I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it.

So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can't do it.' But he's been told his whole life, 'You have to go get 40 if you want to be one of the top dogs.' It's my goal to build a lane where you can be a top dog, and you don't gotta go get that 40. You can go get four and still be a top dog.

I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.

It just doesn't go with my story to be a first round pick, because I had to grind my whole life.

I've been pretty broke my entire life. I'm not going to live that same life, but I'm going to keep those same principles.

I don't really mind any scrutiny. It doesn't bother me. I'm going to still live my life and do everything I do the same way and not lose any sleep.

Michigan State means so much to my life and me.