Blake Griffin Quotes

We were brothers off the field, but there was no love lost on it. We fought like cats and dogs. Wes was always trying to strike me out, and meantime, I was always trying to hit a home run off him.

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.

I played sports in high school and in college.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

I want to dunk on Kevin Hart.

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.

I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.

But I am a basketball player going out there to compete, I am going to try to win no matter what. That is just in my blood.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

I don't have friends when I'm on the court, besides my team.

We're always ready for a pick-up game. I walk through the park on the way home every day and just think to myself, 'I'll take on any of these kids.'

When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard everyday.

It's basketball. At the end of the day everyone wants to win, and that's really the reason why we play is to win.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

As a drag flicker, I have always strived that my team wins and comes on top.

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a chance to compete and win every day.

We are athletes, and we work very hard in our way to the title.

Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.

I was a football player and competitor in life.

I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.

The game honors toughness

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.