Draymond Green Quotes

Bad things happen when you try to let things just happen. You can't be passive.

In case of doubt, attack.

You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive.

My greatest defense was my offense. Very few guys did that.

I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari

Have the courage to act instead of react.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

Strength lies not in defence but in attack.

I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'

I'm an action player. I like to be aggressive. I don't like to be on the run. I like to feel like I have the fates in my hands and that through my skill or lack thereof I control my fate.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

If one comes to kill you, make haste and kill him first.

He who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

I'm not a guy who goes into the neighborhood, gets beat up by the bully's gang, and then now I want to join their gang. That's just not me. I wanna fight - let's go! I mean, I'm gonna stand up for myself. That's just the competitive nature of where I come from, the era I grew up in.

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.

I had a chat with my dad and decided that sometimes you've just got to look like you're fighting. So I started putting myself about a bit more, showing a bit more aggression in training.

I try to lead. I do not follow.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

For me, when I came in, I was always worried about making the other guys happy and giving them the puck and almost giving them a little too much respect. It can take away from your game a little bit.

It's important for me to be aggressive and not defer.

You know the famous quote, sometimes you have to be ready so you don't have to get ready. I do a lot of things that, it's like, off the camera, that a lot of people don't see me do.

You don't know when things are going to happen, so I don't think you should be waiting around for them, so I'm interested in making stuff and being in that stuff - that's what my focus is.

I've got to come out and be aggressive. I've got to be a different Roy Hibbert than I've been.

I don't generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question.