Greg Oden

I can be fine and not smile.

— Greg Oden

My mental state is perfectly fine.

— Greg Oden

I just like to hang out with friends.

— Greg Oden

I've been strong my whole entire life.

— Greg Oden

I wish I was always photogenic.

— Greg Oden

It's homework. It sucks.

— Greg Oden

I do like to go bowling a lot.

— Greg Oden

I've got an old body.

— Greg Oden

I'm not really worried about individual stats.

— Greg Oden

When my knee feels good, I'm always going to feel I can do more.

— Greg Oden

When you don't play hard enough, you don't win.

— Greg Oden

When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.

— Greg Oden

All I know is what I've lived through, so this is what I know.

— Greg Oden

Don't get it twisted, I can't fall much further than I already have.

— Greg Oden

I wouldn't say I regret anything. I would say I just wish I did things better.

— Greg Oden

I started to play in the fourth grade and didn't score for, like, a whole year.

— Greg Oden

I wanted to be a dentist when I was younger. But then I started to get big and realized that my hands…

— Greg Oden

When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.

— Greg Oden

I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history. But I can't do nothing about that.

— Greg Oden

Me being in shape allows me to be more mobile and do better things, make bigger plays.

— Greg Oden

My cousin got wrapped up in the NBA lifestyle and threw parties at my house all the time. So I got wrapped…

— Greg Oden

For a lot of guys in this league, it's confidence - once they play a year or two, they start to figure…

— Greg Oden

When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time…

— Greg Oden

Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean,…

— Greg Oden

It wasn't like I was clinically depressed, but I was so down. I think I was probably depressed. Nothing went my way…

— Greg Oden

I don't want to be one of those guys who is just there. I want to be a guy that's on a…

— Greg Oden

Growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana, there's not a whole lot to do. What I did was I just went to the…

— Greg Oden

I don't want to be one of those guys that people just talk about. I'm not good with people talking about me.…

— Greg Oden

That's the worst part about all of the injuries and the criticism. It would be one thing if I had been healthy…

— Greg Oden

I could've signed with a team after Portland cut me and just sat on the bench and collected paychecks, but that's not…

— Greg Oden

In the media, from the little bit that I have read... there's not a lot of pity. There are some people, usually…

— Greg Oden

For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money.…

— Greg Oden

We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines…

— Greg Oden

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

— Greg Oden

I'm from the inner city of Buffalo.

— Greg Oden

It doesn't say how much you played on your championship ring.

— Greg Oden

It's a game. Don't put too much pressure on yourself that you can't have fun.

— Greg Oden

I'd be lying if I said that it didn't suck to see Durant doing so well.

— Greg Oden

When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.

— Greg Oden

Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball.

— Greg Oden