As players we're held accountable for poor performance, I think the same should be said for journalists. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When you're smaller, you kind of learn how to do other things. You have to work a little bit harder. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Growing up in the inner city, you might not see a lot of different career paths and different jobs. — C. J. McCollum Career Copy Share Image
Writing and speaking and communicating, it's something important to me, and something I want to get better at. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Draymond Green is one of the best in the league at grabbing a defensive rebound and starting the break. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I always say, it's not the shoes; it's the player. If you can hoop, you can hoop. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
The intensity and importance of each possession. That's the thing about the NBA that doesn't always translate to television. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When you're watching from the bench, you can pick up on everything - where guys like to shoot the ball from, how… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Lowry is a pitbull. He's a gritty player who scores in a variety of ways, but he's also one of the few… — C. J. McCollum Football Copy Share Image
Growing up I was a Cleveland Browns fan and my mood would change based on how they were playing. If they were… — C. J. McCollum Browns Copy Share Image
Growing up in the inner city, a lot of kids didn't think reading was cool. I'm trying to show them that it… — C. J. McCollum City Copy Share Image
I think you should look at it as a blessing that other people would think you're valuable enough to be mentioned in… — C. J. McCollum Blessing Copy Share Image
Harden throws his body around a lot and is a master at drawing fouls. It could be considered borderline flopping sometimes, but… — C. J. McCollum Body Copy Share Image
It's mentally draining to be on 100% of the time on both ends of the floor, especially when you're the team's undisputed… — C. J. McCollum Creator Copy Share Image
We don't have those bougie, not-into-it, wouldn't-be-caught-dead-in-the-free-t-shirt hoops fans in Portland. We've got those pinwheel-tattooed, bleeding-red-and-black, still-rocking-that-Walton-jersey, ride-or-die, realer-than-real hoops fans in… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
It's been a part of my game for life. It's tougher to finish in the lane so you've got to find different… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
As you get more experience out there, as you get more comfortable with the NBA system, the offense, the schemes, you begin… — C. J. McCollum Experience Copy Share Image
I got hurt my senior year of college. I ended up breaking my fifth metatarsal after I pulled out of the Draft.… — C. J. McCollum Basketball Copy Share Image
In order for us to have changes in society, we have to do a better job with listening to each other, listening… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for… — C. J. McCollum Business Copy Share Image
I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they… — C. J. McCollum Family Copy Share Image
Competitive people, especially in sports, want to learn about everything. So when you're interested in something, you become a bit obsessive. You… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
It's important that we take care of our future generations and expose them to some new things. — C. J. McCollum Care Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to win in this league. It's a process. — C. J. McCollum Education Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to diversify my portfolio and put myself in a position so when I do retire, the options are limitless. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about nothing I can't control. I can't control rumors. — C. J. McCollum Control Copy Share Image
When games get tight in the playoffs, especially in the Finals, there's no space. There's no clean looks. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Everything in the NBA is sped up. Lanes close much faster than college. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
You get better by playing, honestly. That's where you develop as a player is to play through mistakes in game action. — C. J. McCollum Action Copy Share Image
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
To graduate in four years as a student-athlete with no summer school is quite a feat. — C. J. McCollum Education Copy Share Image
Yea, I wrote my college thesis on why college athletes should get paid. I think there's a way to do it based… — C. J. McCollum College Copy Share Image
Other people need to be forward thinkers. Not just basketball players. Not just people in the sports world. But people in general. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
My parents have done a tremendous job, over the course of my career. They try to make every game and I think… — C. J. McCollum Career Copy Share Image
Other fans might stop coming to games when their teams fall in the standings. Blazers fans just pack the house even more. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time in the gym working on moves, working on difficult shots, figuring out ways to create space,… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Other fans get antsy when their team's offense struggles to score for a few possessions. Blazers fans give us standing ovations, like… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Kyrie is the ultimate versatility weapon. He's good in isos, he's good in pick-and-rolls, he's good in transition. He got game. — C. J. McCollum Football Copy Share Image
