Draymond Green Quotes

If I get my teammates going early, then my shots usually open up. Come off pick and roll and make the pocket pass on the first one. Then it's like OK, does the defender step up now? Then next time I may have the layup. So, just playing the game like that. Reading and reacting and not thinking too much.

I just know I can't force things. I've just got to play the right way, make sure I'm making the right play at the right time.

Someone asked me what are the secrets to my success, and I said 'There are three: Timing, timing, timing.'

I guess when somebody offers you a movie, you don't say no. That's what I've learned.

Sometimes you gotta leave when you're on top.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

I feel like when I'm out there, I'm on the court, I just try to figure it out.

Irrespective of what people think I should do, I choose the kind of film I want to do next. I believe it's always about things falling in place at the right time.

Football is a game with tight results in which you don't need to be the dominant team; if you're a bit lucky and make the right decision at the right time, then you can be as successful as well.

When a coach tells you to shoot the ball, it's like a green light for you. You can't want that more than anything. But the catch is you got to be good enough to know that when you're not open, you gotta pass.

You just have to be smart and know where you're at within the game and find the right time to be aggressive and take a shot. If it's not the right time, then move on to the next down.

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the pass where you look away or anything. Just the right pass at the right time to get somebody open is just beautiful. There is nothing better than that. It's contagious - it makes everybody happy.

I never feel like I'm in a rush. I'm controlling the pace. If I have the ball and hit the hole right now and get 3 yards, I feel like I can be patient, work for something, knowing I can still get the 3. It's something that's hard to be coached on. I just feel I've perfected it over time.

You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.

So, just make the right reads and the ball will always come back around to you. Taking the right shots and not forcing anything. Just let the game slow down and play free.

You can't say, 'You're a scorer, you score. You rebound, you rebound.' Basketball is more than that. Basketball is knowing the next step, knowing the next play, knowing how to make things happen.

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!

You have to catch the breaks.

As in life, so with television: timing is everything.

When Joker hits his three, it opens up the game for everybody.

In a sprint you make 100 decisions a second. What if X goes now and Y goes then? Should I take this gap or that one? You have to be sharp. Over time it becomes instinct.

I always knew I wanted to act, but I never knew when and what would be the right time.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to.