“I grew up in Flint, Michigan so I’m used to broken promises so I don’t look forward to anything. I look forward to the now. I don’t even like planning trips more than a week ahead because you don’t know how you’re going to feel a week from now.”
― JaVale McGee
“As long as I’m efficient, I’m just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s definitely more important to finish games than start games.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s definitely a grind. Come to the gym early, leave late.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m a multi-skilled big.”
― JaVale McGee
“I can pass and I can shoot and I can do some other things also.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t think people really take pneumonia seriously when they hear it. But people really die from pneumonia: kids, older people, even just regular-aged people. They just die from pneumonia.”
― JaVale McGee
“The best thing when you get pneumonia is rest – that’s it, just rest.”
― JaVale McGee
“Blocking a shot can really demoralize a person and defer them from coming to the rim the rest of the game. So being able to do that and change the landscape of the game by one play is pretty amazing.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m not really a flashy dunker or a show dunker unless somebody’s in front of me. That’s the only time I really get wide-eyed: when I can dunk on somebody. If it’s a wide-open dunk, I’ve never been the type to dunk it real hard wide-open and scream.”
― JaVale McGee
“I went through that phase in my life where everything I did wrong was displayed into the public and all over national TV, so I went through a part of my life where I was afraid to do things because I didn’t want to make a mistake.”
― JaVale McGee
“You’ve just got to focus on you, yourself, your family, your team… and all the rest is just fluff.”
― JaVale McGee
“It was a really empowering thing playing with Golden State, because they let the players play and they let the players communicate and they let the players decide things.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m not afraid to fail – at all.”
― JaVale McGee
“It inspires me to see people who don’t have much, but still give so much to others.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s low-key depressing when you’re not winning.”
― JaVale McGee
“We call Michael Beasley a walking bucket. All he needs is some dishwater and a mop.”
― JaVale McGee
“If I get traded, I get traded. It’s a part of the business.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m definitely excited about getting better.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s all love in L.A. The fans are great.”
― JaVale McGee
“Rondo is great with the steals, also on offense with the passing and court vision.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s just a reassuring feeling, a confidence-builder I guess, knowing that you’re going into a situation wanted as an option, like you’re really wanted.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m just going to keep preparing for the best.”
― JaVale McGee
“I feel like big men don’t like it when they’re getting fronted by smaller guys and they just staying real, real aggressive.”
― JaVale McGee
“Yeah, I get frustrated. But I try not to let those frustrations get out into the media or get out onto the court in my play.”
― JaVale McGee
“I try to bring positivity to the team.”
― JaVale McGee
“I tend to do well against big 4s who are real skilled because I’m tall, lanky and athletic.”
― JaVale McGee
“I just want to contribute to our wins.”
― JaVale McGee
“Everything I do is premeditated.”
― JaVale McGee
“I chose basketball over film.”
― JaVale McGee
“People try to bring negativity into my life, but it’s crazy how I deflect it.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t need to be a banger. I dunk on people.”
― JaVale McGee
“I feel like in the course of my career, I’ve been in the iPhone era and the dilution of the big man.”
― JaVale McGee
“I definitely have to focus more and think more on what exactly I’m doing, rather than just use my athleticism.”
― JaVale McGee
“I block shots and stay out the way.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m hoping I’m remembered as one of the most prolific shot-blockers.”
― JaVale McGee
“I used to be a wait-at-the-rim big, more of a Rudy Gobert-type of player.”
― JaVale McGee
“I feel like people think that I have mental lapses and I’m injury-prone, which isn’t true. You just don’t know me.”
― JaVale McGee
“Going to Golden State, I really fine-tuned everything on defense, which is important because the NBA is moving away from standard bigs and going toward bigs that can switch and things like that.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m not really a confrontational person.”
― JaVale McGee
“They see a blooper here and there, and they just think, ‘Oh, he’s dumb.’ I mean, what can I do? I can’t ‘at’ everyone on Twitter and tell them I’m not dumb. Because that looks dumb.”
― JaVale McGee
“It’s just crazy the way people portray me.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’ve been the same goofy guy I’ve been this whole time.”
― JaVale McGee
“If you’re just dunking by yourself, it’s really nothing special. You have to dunk on someone – then you feel like you’re demoralizing them.”
― JaVale McGee
“My mother always made me do ball-handling and all that because she was like, ‘What if you stop growing?’”
― JaVale McGee
“In high school I used to go coast to coast all the time at 6-11.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m just going to try to get as many rebounds as possible.”
― JaVale McGee
“If you can’t breathe, you can’t do nothing.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t feel like I’m influenced by anybody, but I feel I’m definitely becoming more a leader.”
― JaVale McGee
“You bring a car out, you’re going to win any dunk contest.”
― JaVale McGee
“Usually I’m nowhere near the playoffs. My last game of the year is usually at the end of the regular season in April.”
― JaVale McGee
“I feel like there was a belief that I couldn’t play more than 10 minutes in the league because of asthma or because of anything.”
― JaVale McGee
“I think about all the time how I’ll be able to say that during my career, I played with the greatest players of my era. Hopefully, I’ll be able to say I won championships with those players.”
― JaVale McGee
“As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.”
― JaVale McGee
“I was in Dallas and I had gained weight and knew becoming a vegetarian was the quickest way to lose it. I just wasn’t sure if I could do it.”
― JaVale McGee
“Sometimes I think some things just happen and are meant to be.”
― JaVale McGee
“Personally I’m just trying to take advantage of every moment that I get.”
― JaVale McGee
“My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’ve always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I’m dunking and laying the ball up.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’ve always loved blocking shots.”
― JaVale McGee
“Being on a team with four All-Stars is unheard of.”
― JaVale McGee
“Whatever happens, however fast it’s supposed to happen, it’ll happen.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t even believe in hope. I just let it happen.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m not boring.”
― JaVale McGee
“I have extreme ADD.”
― JaVale McGee
“Some people think I’m dumb, but I feel like things I say, especially on Twitter, are done purposely, because I’m bored.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t see the point of Twitter, so I write a lot of stuff to mess with people. But because I used to do dumb things on the court, people think I’m dumb in regular life. But once people meet me, they feel dumb themselves.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’ve always been in love with film and music.”
― JaVale McGee
“When I do things, I just fully commit to it.”
― JaVale McGee
“For breakfast, I’ll have some oatmeal, avocado toast, and a shake.”
― JaVale McGee
“For lunch, it’s usually a salad with sunflower seeds, cucumbers, celery, and a lot of vegetables.”
― JaVale McGee
“Dinner is usually just pasta with mushrooms.”
― JaVale McGee
“I love being around positive people and making people smile.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m just a big kid, basically. I love to have fun.”
― JaVale McGee
“People around the NBA really think that I’m dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I’m actually very intelligent.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t do anything malicious or anything in a negative manner. I’m all about positivity and making people smile is positive.”
― JaVale McGee
“I always look at Akon as inspiration, and the fact that at one point Lady Gaga was signed to Konvict Muzik.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t think people realize that I produce like 90 percent of all my music, except for the songs that I co-produce with people.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m actually good friends with Diplo, and we’ve talked about collab’ing.”
― JaVale McGee
“My favorite artists would be Drake, Future.”
― JaVale McGee
“Personally, I’ve always been a philanthropist. I’ve always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.”
― JaVale McGee
“My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I’ll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I’ll do that also.”
― JaVale McGee
“I guess I’m a utility player where I can do it all.”
― JaVale McGee
“I wish I could do more in Flint but they estimated the amount that it would cost to fix Flint and it would be a little over $1 billion and I’m definitely not a billionaire. It’s extremely heartbreaking the way the city is being treated in my opinion.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m not really a vengeful person.”
― JaVale McGee
“I stay in my lane and do what I want to do. I don’t worry about the outside world.”
― JaVale McGee
“The fact that rich people get free stuff and poor people have to pay, it’s backwards.”
― JaVale McGee
“Yeah I definitely rep the city of Flint.”
― JaVale McGee
“During the season, the main focus is always basketball.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans – like 90 percent.”
― JaVale McGee
“Sometimes I go in and try to write beats, but I just trash ’em, and then the next time I go in, I’ll make like six beats – six legit, nice beats. I’m really particular with how it needs to sound.”
― JaVale McGee
“I don’t think people understand how good LeBron is.”
― JaVale McGee
“I love L.A., L.A. was beautiful for me.”
― JaVale McGee
“I just do whatever I want to do.”
― JaVale McGee
“If you put negative things out about anyone every day, they’re gonna start believing it, sorta like propaganda if you think about it.”
― JaVale McGee
“When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn’t matter.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’m JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I’m just really passionate about music and I don’t want people to look at it like ‘Oh he’s just doing it to get famous.’ I’m already pretty famous as is, so I’m not really trying to do it for the money.”
― JaVale McGee
“I’ll stay in the studio for 12 hours at a time, just producing music and making records. It doesn’t feel like ‘Oh man I’ve got a job to do.’ It’s more like ‘Oh man I didn’t even realize I’ve been there this long.’”
― JaVale McGee
“I literally have never lived anywhere longer than two years in my life. I never just stuck anywhere.”
― JaVale McGee
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