Greg Oden

My favorite player, growing up, was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched. ”

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. ”

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 know my knee's going to heal. I know it's going to get back. I just don't know when. ”

When a girl sends me 100 pictures, I have to send something back every now and then. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

My mom didn't have a lot of money. ”

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. ”