For me, personally, it’s a big adjustment. You don’t know who’s playing and who’s out. Who’s starting and who’s not. Something I’m not accustomed to. But like I said, I make no excuses. I own whatever it is, play whoever is playing and try to make the best out of it.

Russell Westbrook

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I am just trying to find the right way to play, a lot of those games are big games for us. I just play my game. The game will tell you what to do.

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I think fatherhood would change anybody when you have your first... by Russell Westbrook

I think fatherhood would change anybody when you have your first son. It's been amazing.

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You gotta win; that's all I care about. by Russell Westbrook

You gotta win; that's all I care about.

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Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game, and it gives me to the option to be able to jump into fashion.

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You see how can you help your team, help yourself improve, and that's what I try to figure out throughout the season.

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Reading what a good shot is, based on time and score of the game, based on the shot clock, based on my position - there's a lot of things that go into it. It's a lot of things that you think about based on when to shoot it or when not to.

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Obviously, in the NBA, there's a lot of different decisions that people make. The whole thing in the NBA is that people sometimes have an opportunity to go where they want.

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My friends and I started that motto early in high school - that attitude, that mentality - from way back then: Want to go to Stanford? Why not? Want to play in the NBA? Why not?

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Everybody knows that I like Oklahoma City, and I love being here.... by Russell Westbrook

Everybody knows that I like Oklahoma City, and I love being here. I love everybody here.

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When I was younger, I was into fashion, but I wasn't always able to afford and have the platform to express myself and do different things that I'm able to do now.

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I'm not getting dressed to make a scene or, like, 'Oh, look what Westbrook has on today!' If I like something, I'll put it on. I go to the game. That's how it is.

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My advantage is attacking, regardless of who's in front of me. That's my advantage. And I've got to use my advantage to help my team and help myself.

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There is nothing better than shutting people up.

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This is just a game. This is not end-all, be-all, when it comes to basketball, I don't mind the criticism of missing and making shots. But the moment it becomes where my name is getting shamed, it becomes an issue.

Russell Westbrook

I've got to be better overall, what I’m doing right now ain’t good enough.

Russell Westbrook

We’re not in the position we want to be right now but that’s OK, we know what we need to do as a team. Just find a way to get over the hump and close games out.

Russell Westbrook

We’ve just got to make a decision we’re going to play hard, sometimes, the schemes and how you play, it doesn’t really matter. You’ve just got to play hard sometimes. Teams are playing harder than us, so it’s as simple as that.

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Nothing you can do but figure it out, find ways. Get guys back in shape. We have a bunch of guys in that locker room that don’t quit and don’t give in to what’s happening. We’ve got to turn the page and find a way to win a ballgame.

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It’s disappointing (not to win more convincingly), but at the same time I understand the process, adversity is something that I think is great in life in general. It builds character. It shows who you really are when things aren’t going your way.

Russell Westbrook

It’s interesting, but I’m a person that you just play the cards you’re dealt, whoever is available, you have to make it work. We haven’t had our full team one time, not close. We just have to make the best of it and compete to the best of our ability.

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