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> [You don't want to put competitiveness and emotion away, so you learn to play with it. You learn to use it for your team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/you-don-t-want-to-put-competitiveness-and-emotion-away-so-you-learn/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

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> [Competitiveness that I've had as a player, competitiveness that was pointed in the wrong direction and went over the line. It's obviously something that I needed to work on and address.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/competitiveness-that-i-ve-had-as-a-player-competitiveness-that-was/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

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## More by Grayson Allen

> [You don't want to put competitiveness and emotion away, so you learn to play with it. You learn to use it for your team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/you-don-t-want-to-put-competitiveness-and-emotion-away-so-you-learn/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [Something like missing a shot, and the next play you're thinking about it, or you give up a play on defense and you're thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/something-like-missing-a-shot-and-the-next-play-you-re-thinking-about/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [You probably know me best as a 4 year player, national champion, and graduate of Duke University, but I'm also a gamer, student, Christian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/you-probably-know-me-best-as-a-4-year-player-national-champion-and/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [I think the NBA, they like competitive guys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/i-think-the-nba-they-like-competitive-guys/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [Half of the basketball world thinks I'm this hothead, dirty player who can't get anything under control and probably thinks I'm arrogant and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/half-of-the-basketball-world-thinks-i-m-this-hothead-dirty-player-who/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/i-think-anyone-who-is-also-a-fan-of-college-basketball-as-well-as-the/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [It's nice to score 20 points a game. It's also nice to end your season with a win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/it-s-nice-to-score-20-points-a-game-it-s-also-nice-to-end-your-season/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [Duke has had many lightning rods over the years, it's a long list of 'em, a long list of white Duke basketball players that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/duke-has-had-many-lightning-rods-over-the-years-it-s-a-long-list-of/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [You don't go on nine-day road trips in college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/you-don-t-go-on-nine-day-road-trips-in-college/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [Food is such a basic need, and it is unfathomable to me that people still do not have adequate access.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/food-is-such-a-basic-need-and-it-is-unfathomable-to-me-that-people/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [I'm confident about going out there and playing - playing with emotion, screaming and yelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/i-m-confident-about-going-out-there-and-playing-playing-with-emotion/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/from-the-time-i-started-playing-when-i-tried-out-for-a-team-in-sixth/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [If I was doing something that I really, really enjoyed I want to be perfect at it and not make mistakes and do everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/if-i-was-doing-something-that-i-really-really-enjoyed-i-want-to-be/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [You think the end of my freshman year, from nobody really knowing who I was to skyrocketing onto the scene in the national championship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/you-think-the-end-of-my-freshman-year-from-nobody-really-knowing-who/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

> [I love being a Duke student, and continuing to be part of the university culture is something I don't take for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/i-love-being-a-duke-student-and-continuing-to-be-part-of-the/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

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