Austin Rivers

I grew up in Orlando.

— Austin Rivers

I've always been a peacemaker.

— Austin Rivers

I feel like I always have to smell good.

— Austin Rivers

I don't like missing a game.

— Austin Rivers

I don't really like to escalate anything.

— Austin Rivers

I didn't focus on trying to be Doc. I just tried to be myself.

— Austin Rivers

I'm looking forward to a state championship, those are my expectations.

— Austin Rivers

Business and basketball are two different things.

— Austin Rivers

I played on the same AAU team with Brandon Knight.

— Austin Rivers

I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement.

— Austin Rivers

I don't want to just meet LeBron. I want to destroy him on the court one day.

— Austin Rivers

I've earned every stripe that I've gotten. I've earned every playing time.

— Austin Rivers

You just go out there and shoot it, and that's the way I've been my whole life.

— Austin Rivers

It's a 30-game season, and guys in college are big, strong, athletic and they're playing to show you what they can do…

— Austin Rivers

It's been a long journey. Continued to work through my rookie year. I was hurt a lot. Up and down.

— Austin Rivers

I don't understand someone not wanting to play for a city like New York. I just don't get that.

— Austin Rivers

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and…

— Austin Rivers

I do like watches. I like the sophistication of it all. Like the whole thing behind collecting watches is very grown man-esque,…

— Austin Rivers

You can't play worrying about, like, what will other people say about me. That's not how I've ever approached the game.

— Austin Rivers

A lot of teams have won one state championship, but not many teams can say they went back-to-back.

— Austin Rivers

I had to go through the same things that anyone's son went through. And you know, there aren't that many guys whose…

— Austin Rivers

If you go two years without playing with confidence, when your whole life, you've been extremely confident and a hard worker... I…

— Austin Rivers

I really wanted to give back to the youth - especially abused or underprivileged kids. Just hearing their stories breaks your heart.…

— Austin Rivers

I stopped trying to show everybody I could play. I don't need to show anybody anything. Just go be myself, and if…

— Austin Rivers

We're caught in an era where everyone likes riding a wave. People want to go to places that are already on the…

— Austin Rivers

He and I don't know each other like that. We know each other as strictly basketball. A lot of people on the…

— Austin Rivers

I grew up, I used to two-ball dribble, one-ball dribble like three or four times a week for like an hour all…

— Austin Rivers

When your move with your left hand can be just as potent as your right hand, I think that's pretty special. I…

— Austin Rivers

It's easy to go somewhere where everything already is set up and they've been to the playoffs four, five years in a…

— Austin Rivers

I think sometimes adding pressure can be good.

— Austin Rivers

When you don't win, people have to make up a reason.

— Austin Rivers

It seemed like my dad was always a thousand miles away, coaching.

— Austin Rivers

I can go a week without playing and be all right.

— Austin Rivers

My dad's been like, 'You'll never beat me.' That's how my dad is.

— Austin Rivers

I played through flu-like symptoms before. It was frustrating.

— Austin Rivers

I trust my hard work, so why wouldn't I be confident?

— Austin Rivers

On any team I've played for, I'm going to play good minutes.

— Austin Rivers

I grew up playing against Michael Carter-Williams.

— Austin Rivers

I'm kind of a loner type of dude when it comes to basketball.

— Austin Rivers

I have to do so much to distinguish myself.

— Austin Rivers