William Green Quotes

I love the locker room.

I went out almost every night with the guys on the team between 1975 and 1981. We were winning in those years. It was fun.

I think players on all teams are close.

With every side I've played for, I've always tried to fit in and joke with my team mates while enjoying good times with them on and off the pitch. And that's what's happened with Les Bleus.

I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.

Our brotherhood in the NBA is really tiny, and we really all appreciate and support and want each other happy.

That's why you play the game. You play the game for your teammates, who really want to play with and for you.

I'm very close to every girl in the locker room.

Not everybody's going to have a perfect relationship with every great player on their team. But when I step between those lines and I'm with my team, we're a brotherhood.

There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players.

Whenever there is a new song out, we'll sometimes try to rehearse a celebration so when one of us scores a goal, we can celebrate it together. I find this a nice thing between team-mates to show the friendship between us, and I try to do this whenever I can.

I wanted to come back with the team I grew up with.

The best part of being with the Warriors has been the team camaraderie, the team meals, the team pranks, the bond we share.

The national team was like a second family for me. I will always carry those 13 years of my life in my heart.

It would be tough to fight any of my teammates.

I love the bonds you get to build with your teammates, your brothers.

I'm always going to be passionate about the guys we have in the locker room because they've always been OK with me - they've always done right by me - so I have no problem playing with them, going out there and sweating, bleeding, and winning with them.

When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.

Off the floor, I'm really laid back: like, nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor, I do get emotional and a little carried away. However, I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.

When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.

They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun.

The people that I was working with made it all good for me - made it important to me - made it special. I will miss everyone in the Steelers organization.

One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.