Paul George Quotes

I grew up - obviously I'm from Philly, where Kobe is from, so we grew up idolizing Kobe. He meant everything to us.

LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine.

I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.

When I was young, I was obsessed with Michael Jordan and the Bulls. He's the only person I get starstruck over. I don't know what I'd do if I met him - I'd be in shock! That's my dream.

As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

I was a big fan of Shaq when I was little, but I don't think I'm going to play too much like him, though.

When I was a kid I used to look at Wes Brown. I loved him as a player.

Around sixth or seventh grade, I fell in love with Tim Duncan and his all-around game. That's when I started watching him. Then my father introduced me to Hakeem Olajuwon. Those were the two guys I modeled my game after.

Every since I started playing basketball, I wanted to be just like Kobe. To get to see him play in person, and to meet him, was just a dream come true.

Dirk was obviously a player that I looked up to. In high school I actually wore No. 41 in honor of Dirk. He was the first player where I was like this guy is seven-feet tall and shooting jump shots and shooting threes, this is what I want to be like.

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life.

I don't want to be Kobe, I want to be LeBron.

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

Kristin Chenoweth had been my personal idol since I was, like, 6 or 7.

I idolize my dad because he was such a hard worker.

When I was, like, 4 or 5, I'd just always tell - my mom would ask me what I wanted to be when I got older. And I would just be like, 'I wanna be Kobe.' She'd be like, 'You wanna be in the NBA?' 'No, like, I wanna be Kobe.'

When I was young, I always enjoyed watching skilful players and trying to emulate them the same as everyone else.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

Huge Kobe fan growing up. My dog's name is Kobe.

Tendulkar is my idol in cricket, and one thing I try to pick up from him is how he carries himself in a humble manner.

I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.

It's pretty cool to play against your idol.

At the academy the coaches would show us Arsenal games on TV and my idol was Thierry Henry. He inspired me. That's why I became an Arsenal fan.

All I used to want to do was shoot fadeaways like Kobe because he was my favorite player.