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Blake Griffin

(1989) Basketball Player

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Blake Griffin is a basketball player.

Quick Facts About Blake Griffin

Born: March 16, 1989
Profession: Basketball Player

About Blake Griffin

He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore. The Clippers selected him first overall in the 2009 NBA draft. After six All‑Star selections, he was traded to the Detroit Pistons in January 2018, then signed with the Brooklyn Nets in March 2021, and later joined the Boston Celtics in September 2022 before retiring in 2023.

Quotes by Blake Griffin · Page 2

During the playoffs, I tone down the Internet usage.

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If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that.

Football

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If you get behind in first grade, then you're behind every grade from then on.

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My entire career, everybody says I need to punch somebody.

Career

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My parents, I've always said, are two of the hardest working people I know.

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Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.

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I just like to be alone sometimes and think.

Alone

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Take care of your body from the inside out.

Body

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I do have a lot of resolutions, but I don't really make them at New Year's much.

Christmas

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I think everybody's ideal is to have a wonderful career with one franchise, like Kobe and Tim Duncan.

Career

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To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you're playing your game.

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That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't.

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It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a…

Basketball

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I don't ever enjoy time away from the game. But it does make you appreciate what you have.

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The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When…

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Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is…

Amazing

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Obviously I lost a year, so I'll have to try to get my rhythm back and all that, but just being able…

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I like to play physical, and I'm a big guy, and I think sometimes - maybe sometimes I am pushing somebody, and…

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I'm not really trying to be a stand-up comedian. I have a huge amount of respect for the guys who do it.…

Comedian

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One of my favorite games of all time was on Nintendo 64 - 'NFL Blitz.' I don't know why, I just loved…

Fun

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I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation.…

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I guess it's good in a sense that it stops any of it from happening, but now you're telling me if it's…

Championship

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Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself…

Energy

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I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes,…

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I don't think any guy goes into a season worrying about the next season.

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You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.

Hate

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The people that are surrounding me have my best interest.

Basketball

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The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life.

Life

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It's cool to actually have my own trading card.

Basketball

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You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great.

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The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay!

Basketball

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Teams want me to do something stupid. You want to get to the point where nothing affects you, where you control them.

Basketball

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All the coaches tell me to give it a rest, but the way I look at it is, if I'm not out…

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You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

Always room for improvement

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I was raised in a Christian household and went to a Christian high school, so I believe in creationism, for sure.

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I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game.

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I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That's kind of the way I've always been, and I want…

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College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can…

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Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

Calm

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Coach Capel's got style. He's always got fresh Nikes on. He's got some pretty sweet suits.

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