Andre Drummond Quotes

I love ‘The Walking Dead.’ Steven Yeun who plays Glenn, is from Michigan and is a really close friend of mine as well.

Even if I do miss a shot, I’m going to be comfortable to get back up there and shoot the same shot again. Make or miss, I’m not going to be frustrated but move on to the next play.

Not everyone gets the chance to be drafted.

Basketball will always be my first love.

I try to get eight or nine hours of sleep a night, and if I don’t, I’ll make sure to take a nap.

I don’t worry about what the critics say.

I love giving back to the community.

Stan Van Gundy is something else. He’s the guy that you come to love. You get around him and he’s a very personable guy, but when it’s time to work, you don’t want to mess with him.

I don’t consider myself a celebrity. I don’t think I’m better than somebody else. I’m just a human being like anyone else.

Anything is possible in this league.

You’ve got to take every single play at a time, every practice at a time. You can’t look forward, because you start putting too much pressure on yourself, you start to feel it.

I’m just really just continuing to work on back-to-the-basket stuff and working on getting better from the foul line.

It’s a crazy feeling you know, being a young kid from New York, seeing everybody talk about Jordan, everybody wearing Jordan. Then to being up close and personal with him, eating dinner with him, and to be a part of his family.

I take pride in trying to get 5-7 assists a game and it’s a lot more fun for me to run around and get my guys going.

Every season, I’ve adjusted. My first couple of years it was still banging in the post and doing all the nitty gritty stuff. Over the years, it’s changed to bigs being able to shoot and run the floor and be more agile, which is good for me because I’m a very agile guy.

You know I’ve watched the All-Star game as a little boy… and to have the opportunity now to play in it is so overwhelming.

I started a YouTube channel called Days of Dre. There’s a lot of content on there.

I’m definitely going back to school to be a computer engineer.

I’ve been through trades, having different coaches, everything under the sun.

I’ve been working on my footwork a lot.

Having the ball in my hand all the time and making plays, it was bound to come to a point where I knew where to get the ball to, who and when to give the ball to somebody. Just making the right decisions when I have it.

You know, I’m really known for being an energy guy and working hard on the floor, grabbing a lot of rebounds.

I’m just here to be a leader and work on my game, work on my jump-hooks, my low-post game and just continue to get better. That’s all that matters.

I took the time to mentally figure out what I needed to do to be the best basketball player I could be for my team.

LeBron – he’s LeBron. He just won’t be denied, he’s the best player in the league and also a great person.

My music is a little bit of everything – R&B, hip-hop, EDM.

My mom and sister both make fun of me now. Well, it looks like you’re on trade block again. Where we going this year?

Even if I do miss a shot, I found something to keep me calm and not get myself rattled. Once I missed one, I’d tense up and I’d miss the next one, too. So I found a peace within myself.

I have a really good relationship with a lot of people in the music industry from Detroit. They’re very kind when it comes to us stepping into their field or what they do and they’re really willing to help out and help you get better at what you’re trying to do.

Instagram and Twitter are the best ways to let people in on what I do – not only basketball, but having fun with my friends too.

Everyone changes throughout the years.

I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.

I’m just myself, man. I don’t really do anything crazy.

Those plays are winning plays, getting those blocks. Somebody’s trying to dunk the ball and you get a block and that’s demoralizing for the guy that tried to dunk the basketball.

You’re not going to be at the top of your game all the time. There’s going to be times when you lose a few.

I was never brought up to be a quitter.

As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I’m done playing. I work on music, too.

My sister’s a bully.

Detroit, it’s just an incredible city overall. The people here are so friendly and very outgoing.

I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.

Obviously I’m not the greatest scorer in the world or the greatest shooter in the world, but I’m tough and rebounding is something that not too many people want to put the effort into doing.

I can’t be compared to anybody else.

I am a hard worker, and there’s nothing wrong with my motor.

If I’m contested, I’m not going to shoot the pull-up 3. But if I’m wide open and someone backs up off me, I’m gonna shoot it.

Working with coach Sweeney has really been beneficial to my career. I’ve never watched so much film in my life, the constant communication between he and I. He’ll send me clips every day, just different things to look at, ask what I think about it and we’ll communicate and have different dialogues about it.

I’m a shotblocker and I want to get everything.

I need to build to get better each and every day, so I’m not satisfied at all.

I want it more. That’s all it really is. Nobody wants to get hit every possession to get a rebound, and I want to.

I’ve always done yoga but I never really spoke about it.

You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.

Through 82 games, you’re not going to have a perfect season.

People are going to talk bad about you no matter who you are.

That’s all I want to do – win games. Stats will come. That’s the player I am. But I would rather win games.

Obviously, with me being a DJ, I have a love for music. One day I was like, ‘OK. I’m tired of playing everybody else’s music. I rather play my music.’ So, that’s kind of how the whole me doing music thing started.

I’m not going to play with a filter anymore; I’m going to play the game I need to play to be a great player for my team.

My athleticism will go away some day. I’m gonna be old one of these days, so I’m going to be able to use those post moves.

I’m getting a lot better with my conditioning, making smarter moves on the floor.

I make at least 200 corner 3s every day before I leave the gym. I’m getting them up. I’m getting the same shot up over and over again, so I’m getting more comfortable with it.

The way I play is not to prove anybody wrong. It’s to help my teammates win games.

I spend countless hours each and every day after practice doing form shooting. You know, coming in on off days to shoot.

Teams passed on me, that happens.

What kid who was playing basketball didn’t have the dream about going to the NBA? It’s the biggest and final step.

If I’m not in the best condition, the best playing shape, I can’t really do nothing for my team.

Obviously, people give me their opinions of Dwane Casey and everything has been nothing but positive words about him – just the way he coaches, the way he is as a human being. From what I’ve heard, he’s a stand-up guy.

Being a Jordan athlete has been outstanding for me.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.

Detroit has a history of a lot of great rebounders and big guys that have been great defenders. So for me to pick up where they left off and continue that trend, of being a gritty, tough big man is pretty cool.

I drink coffee a lot before my games. I take it with cream and sugar.

As a younger guy, no one wants to be on a highlight or somebody’s mix tape for their best plays of the year. For me, earlier in my career, that was something where ‘I’m not sure if I should go for this,’ not trying to get dunked on.

There’s a lot of guys in the league that make music and it’s hardcore gangsta rap. None of us really live that life and you can’t talk about being a thug.

Just being a college student in general is something I’ll miss.

No one knows what I’m capable of doing.

If you set a mark, it’s tough to reach because you’re going to be thinking about it so much.

I am one of the last true centers in the NBA, and it’s a title that I enjoy to hold.

It looks cool if you’re averaging 20 and 20, but if you’re losing games, it’s not the same feeling.

I can run around all day.