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

Categorized in : Me Never Time I Can

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.

feel look you broken

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.

seriously die think people

I stay in my lane and do what I want to do. I don't worry about the outside world.

stay want worry world

I'm hoping I'm remembered as one of the most prolific shot-blockers.

prolific hoping most remembered

As long as I'm efficient, I'm just going to try to be the most efficient player I can be.

just try i-can long

It's definitely more important to finish games than start games.

finish more start important

It's definitely a grind. Come to the gym early, leave late.

leave gym grind late

I'm a multi-skilled big.

big

I can pass and I can shoot and I can do some other things also.

shoot some things i-can

The best thing when you get pneumonia is rest - that's it, just rest.

rest best just you

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.

amazing rest game change

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.

my-life want mistake life

You've just got to focus on you, yourself, your family, your team... and all the rest is just fluff.

yourself you family focus

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.

decide things golden play

I'm not afraid to fail - at all.

fail afraid

It inspires me to see people who don't have much, but still give so much to others.

others see me people

It's low-key depressing when you're not winning.

low-key you depressing winning

We call Michael Beasley a walking bucket. All he needs is some dishwater and a mop.

call some he walking

If I get traded, I get traded. It's a part of the business.

traded get part business

I'm definitely excited about getting better.

getting-better about better excited