You see, some kids, the college coaches are calling them at all hours of the night, saying the same thing over and over again.
— Andre Drummond
I like to eat a lot of fruit and starchy things to give myself more energy before games.
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 always tell the kids, basketball is not going to be there forever, get a good education and make good choices.
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.
My sister's a bully.
I'm just really just continuing to work on back-to-the-basket stuff and working on getting better from the foul line.
The way I play is not to prove anybody wrong. It's to help my teammates 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.
Spending my 20s in Detroit has been incredible for me.
I am one of the last true centers in the NBA, and it's a title that I enjoy to hold.
You know, I'm really known for being an energy guy and working hard on the floor, grabbing a lot of rebounds.
Detroit, it's just an incredible city overall. The people here are so friendly and very outgoing.
I am a hard worker, and there's nothing wrong with my motor.
Guys like LeBron, Chris Paul, Kobe... They all speak to me. It's just insane that all these top tier guys who have been in the All-Star game for so many years actually know who I am. I mean not in a million years did I think that Kobe would speak to me.
I love 'The Walking Dead.' Steven Yeun who plays Glenn, is from Michigan and is a really close friend of mine as well.
I started a YouTube channel called Days of Dre. There's a lot of content on there.
I drink coffee a lot before my games. I take it with cream and sugar.
My music is a little bit of everything - R&B, hip-hop, EDM.
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.
Community involvement is second nature to me. I've been doing it since high school.
The more times you go after it the more times you'll get the ball. So every chance I get I try to chase down the rebound.
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.
LeBron - he's LeBron. He just won't be denied, he's the best player in the league and also a great person.
Anything is possible in this league.
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.
I think, for me, I'm making the right plays and finding my teammates if I'm not open and finishing strong around the rim.
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.
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.
Everyone changes throughout the years.
I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.
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'm not seven foot, I'm about 6'9', 6'10', around that area. It's fine, I really don't care if I'm not as tall as everyone says I am. I'm doing fine.
Being a Jordan athlete has been outstanding for me.
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.
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.
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.
People are going to talk bad about you no matter who you are.
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.
Teams passed on me, that happens.
Basketball will always be my first love.
My job is to just focus on basketball and you know, I don't really get a chance to really pick and choose who I play with.
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.
When I'm out there flying around, blocking shots, dunking the ball, grabbing rebounds it brings everybody's spirits up and gets them going.
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.
No one knows what I'm capable of doing.
I love giving back to the community.
I spend countless hours each and every day after practice doing form shooting. You know, coming in on off days to shoot.
As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I'm done playing. I work on music, too.
