Baron Davis Quotes

"Throw me to the wolves. I learn faster when I'm around wolves and sharks."

"If you want to make a statement, wear purple."

"I grind. I hustle. I don't have time to get no haircut."

"Where there's love, there's hate; where there's positivity, there's ignorance."

"Basketball saved my life."

"Take your time to really learn and study the fundamentals of your pursuit, so that one day, your fully developed skill set will allow you to grow into a leader."

"It was always like there was no doubt in anybody's mind that I was going to UCLA, so once UCLA started recruiting me, everybody started pushing me there."

"I've played at Rucker Park a couple of times. It's cold blooded. It's hype in there, real hype."

"I got a bond with all my teammates. Well, the ones that's real. The ones that I'm cool with, I'm cool with. It's a bond and a brotherhood."

"When I was growing up we didn't have cable. All that came on Saturday morning was Notre Dame football, and I was there every time to watch it."

"Nobody cared about Baron Davis for so long, and then all of a sudden, it's like all these articles are coming out. People are passing judgment or thinking they know me."

"UCLA is my heart, man. Crossroads changed my life, UCLA made my life."

"UCLA takes care of me. I'm a Bruin for life."

"I want to create resolution and inclusion, so I created Black Santa because his eyes see no color."

"I love basketball; I play every day."

"Where I'm from, you don't really travel outside your neighborhood unless you're traveling with a bunch of people."

"I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do."

"My grandmother knew nothing about sports. She still didn't even when I went to the NBA. She never really cared too much about sports. She only cared about me being a good person."

"A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player."

"When you're 20 and going to the draft, everybody is telling you what you should wear. I kind of succumbed to peer pressure on that one."

"I'm like a kid, so I try to avoid haircuts as much as possible."

"Paul Feig has an incredible style that represents who he is. He wears a suit to work every day."

"If the Clippers need me, I could come in there and turn it around."

"My dream was to play football at Notre Dame more than anything."

"I used to like Tim Hardaway."

"I'm scared of heights and I'm scared of the ocean."

"Wiggle is kinda like a word that I feel like I coined. It's being able to maneuver in and out, around defenders with the basketball."

"Usually guys like Chris Paul, Lebron James, they will steal the ball from you. Stay away from those guys."

"So, a flop is basically tricking the referee into thinking somebody fouled you or maybe elbowed you in the face."

"A 'wedgie' is exactly what you think it is. It's the ball getting stuck between the basket and the backboard."