I'm just trying to do my job and my part to make this a team that people respect. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay! — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there's new challenges and new things you have to pick up. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I've never really worried about being called soft or people thinking I'm soft. If anybody wants to step and take that challenge,… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I've still got to get used to the guys we already have. I think adding a 3 that can defend and knock… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
When I was in the dunk contest, DeMar DeRozan actually did the dunk I was about to do before me. That was… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Playing 82 games is a haul, and with eight or nine exhibition games, it's a long process. You've got to take care… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
When the draft lottery came out, and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
When you have a tough year or a year that didn't go the way you wanted it, especially the playoffs and all… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Sometimes you get the rap of, 'Don't always play hard,' or, 'Just doing it for the money.' But there are guys that… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
[When] I was young and I listened to everything - I took everything to heart. I didn't really realize how much people… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of Shaq when I was little, but I don't think I'm going to play too much like… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
It's always a little gross when you're guarding someone and you can see, like, hair coming from underneath his jersey. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Coach Capel's got style. He's always got fresh Nikes on. He's got some pretty sweet suits. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
My thing is, I want to play for the team that wants me to be a part of them. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
That's the good thing about sports - it's very clear-cut. You either win, or you don't. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
It's a long, long season and it's good to see how guys handle their bodies to make it through 82 games. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that - that's their role, to… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
If the guy in the Hanes commercial was clowning my 'bacon neck' to Michael Jordan right in front of me, we'd have problems. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I was raised in a Christian household and went to a Christian high school, so I believe in creationism, for sure. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
That's what I'm always searching for - finding the balance between not caring so much to where I put all this pressure on myself.… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When we're body… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Just faked a phone call to get out of signing a petition then got stuck in traffic...karma. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Obviously I lost a year, so I'll have to try to get my rhythm back and all that, but just being able to watch… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
My thing is, I want to play for the team that wants me to be a part of them. — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
It's tough to walk away from something like this but at the same time, it's a big opportunity and I felt like I was… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
![“[When] I was young and I listened to everything - I took everything to heart. I didn't really realize how much people want to talk badly about you when you're down, or kick you when you're down. As basketball players, people think everybody's ultra-confident. But that's not the case.” quote by Blake Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b26/blake-griffin-2773_ball-player_when-i-was-young-and-i-listened-to-every_2446524.jpg)
