Lob City doesn't exist anymore. Lob City is done.
— Blake Griffin
Team Griffin Foundation is a foundation trying to inspire young men and women to give them organization, give them something to have, kind of like when I was growing up. I had people who were supporting me, giving me the right tools that I needed to be able to achieve my dreams.
We can't have the mindset of becoming complacent with losing.
I'm just trying to do my job and my part to make this a team that people respect.
I've never had hard feelings with any of my teammates who decided to leave or felt like it was best to leave.
I still think, when you go to the Garden, it's a completely different feeling. The energy - there seems like there's just a consistent buzz the entire game.
My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.
Teams go on runs. We have to be able to withstand a run and not get down on ourselves.
I like to play physical, and I'm a big guy, and I think sometimes - maybe sometimes I am pushing somebody, and I don't realize how hard I'm pushing them. And then they do it back, and it's kind of like, 'Jeez!'
I wanted to be a complete player, and I felt like the dunks started to overshadow other parts of my game.
I've always had a very dry sense of humor, and I've pretty much grown up on Will Ferrell, first on 'Saturday Night Live,' then 'Old School' and 'Wedding Crashers.'
I don't think any guy goes into a season worrying about the next season.
I don't ever enjoy time away from the game. But it does make you appreciate what you have.
I like to do a little bit of boldness but mixed in with a classic look. You don't have to do something crazy to stand out.
There's times in games where I feel like I can manipulate and control the game by doing a lot of things. And then there's times where I feel like I'm not inside the flow of the game.
I've never seen somebody get more flak than Colin Kaepernick for silently and nonviolently protesting and standing up for something he believes, and something that obviously is an actual problem.
I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation. I break down when I have these freak injuries happen, when the hard work is basically thrown out.
My parents, I've always said, are two of the hardest working people I know.
College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can choose one of many different paths.
The biggest thing I think is, 'It's OK to care. It's OK to want to win and to be that team. To be upset when we lose.'
There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that - that's their role, to be on the bench encouraging guys to play hard and get good minutes.
To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you're playing your game.
You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.
There are times when hard fouls are just a part of the game, and then there's times when they're a little bit further than that.
Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.
I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.
I feel like people believe I'm thinking a different thing than I am because I have this look about me.
I'm not a fan of seeing myself on TV.
Contract year or not a contract year, I'm playing the exact same way and focused on the exact same things.
Shoes are a big thing for me, just because it's hard to find shoes that fit me correctly.
Growing up, I was always wearing my brother's hand-me-downs, so nothing ever fit me. I told myself whenever I have my own money and my own choice with what I get to wear, it's always going to fit me correctly.
The hardest thing for me is to be patient and realize that it's not all going to happen right now. I just have to keep digging away, digging away. Just keep working on my game.
My biggest problem with everything going on is the lack of understanding and the lack of respect in this world.
I want to be a Hall of Famer, have an impact on my franchise, and you can do all of that by winning a championship.
I've been wearing Zegna for a while. It started a long, long time ago, my rookie year.
It's just cool to try to leave behind something or improve something from how you left it.
I want to put expectations on our team that are high. That's kind of the way I've always been, and I want to put those expectations on our team as well.
If you get behind in first grade, then you're behind every grade from then on.
Every team starts out at the beginning of the year saying, 'We want to win a championship,' but you've got to have a goal of getting to the playoffs first.
I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on.
You're not going to please everybody. I've just got to do whatever I feel is right, just use my judgment.
If I need to be, like, a guy that scores a lot, I'm willing to do that.
When the draft lottery came out, and the Clippers said they were gonna draft me, I went to Google to find out more about the Clippers because I didn't know a lot. And I was like, 'Okay, team owned by Donald Sterling.' So then I typed in 'Donald Sterling' in Google, and the first thing that pops up is 'Donald Sterling racist.'
My hair is brown with a tinge of red. The lights in NBA arenas are extremely bright, and that makes my hair look red.
It's always a little gross when you're guarding someone and you can see, like, hair coming from underneath his jersey.
Every time something is taken away, you're forced to take a step back and realize how much that thing means to you. You don't realize what you've got until it's gone.
My everyday go-to style is a lot more casual. I like to wear suits to games, but during the day, going to the gym, I'm in my workout gear. Then if I'm going to lunch meetings, I like to keep it somewhat casual - short-sleeved button-ups, jeans, and sneakers.
That's what I'm always searching for - finding the balance between not caring so much to where I put all this pressure on myself. But still caring enough to where it pushes me to work exactly how I've been working so far.
I love the process. It's like I've fallen in love with the process of trying to become great.
Me personally, I'm always going to lead by example first. But there are moments where I need to use my voice and go up to a guy and get my message across.
