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    Blake Griffin

    Acting is the great love of my life. It gives you permission to use all parts of yourself. Permission to be the hero, the love interest, the comedian, the villain. Transformation excites me. So does truth. Nothing is more thrilling, hilarious, and tragic than the truth. Those things motivated me to become an actor. Also, they always have the best food on set.

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    Blake Griffin

    After you have a big game, you can't just say, 'That's it, I've arrived,' by any means. I'm always pushing it to be better. You always want to be better than you are, no matter what. I think that's important.

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    Blake Griffin

    Any time you add something to your game, you still have to find ways to improve, so I'm still studying the game and trying to find out ways to increase how we use me on the floor. You're not being complacent, not falling back and floating around the perimeter too much, figuring out when to attack. I'm trying to find that balance between attacking and spotting up and things like that.

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    Blake Griffin

    Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things and work with really fun people and its something I'm lucky to have.

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    Blake Griffin

    College. I didn't even realize it was carefree at the time, but looking back, that was the most carefree time ever.

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    Blake Griffin

    Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.

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    Blake Griffin

    Every season is so much different and you go through your ups and downs, you figure your team out, you get to play against great teams. Some of the best competition there's been since I've been in the league. Just every night, night in and night out we get to play against the top guys, the top teams. It's a lot of fun.

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    Blake Griffin

    I followed Taylor everywhere. I was always trying to catch up after him or go with him.

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    Blake Griffin

    If you love the game and you love playing, just have fun and enjoy it. Work hard and don't get bogged down by it.

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    Blake Griffin

    If you read a label and just look up the ingredients, you'll be able to figure out really easily what's good for you and what's bad.

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    Blake Griffin

    I guess it's good in a sense that it stops any of it from happening, but now you're telling me if it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals and a guy has a chance to make a play he's going to be like, 'Well, do I want this $10,000 or do I want a championship?'

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    Blake Griffin

    I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game.

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    Blake Griffin

    I'm not a huge fan of plastic surgery, for either guys or girls.

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    Blake Griffin

    I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.

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    Blake Griffin

    It's cool to actually have my own trading card.

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    Blake Griffin

    It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling.

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    Blake Griffin

    I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I think I am becoming a man.

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    Blake Griffin

    I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.

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    Blake Griffin

    I was very healthy from a young age. I was always known as the healthy kid in my group of friends. My mom had us drink barley-grass powder, and I've taken vitamins and fish oil and multivitamins since I was a kid. My mom just had me doing that for a long, long time. And I enjoy eating healthy. It's not a chore to me to eat healthy food.

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    Blake Griffin

    My dad was a huge basketball influence in my life on and off the court. Playing for him and having him around, having him push me harder than maybe another coach would have was a huge blessing for me. Getting to play with my brother was an unreal experience at Oklahoma, in college, it's some of the funnest times I've had in basketball, and I'll cherish those memories forever.

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    Blake Griffin

    My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

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    Blake Griffin

    Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.

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    Blake Griffin

    People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.

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    Blake Griffin

    Some people are so poor, all they have is their money.

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    Blake Griffin

    Sometimes you get lucky - you don't put much work in and you're successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it's about the quality of the time you put in.

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    Blake Griffin

    Take care of your body from the inside out.

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    Blake Griffin

    Teams want me to do something stupid. You want to get to the point where nothing affects you, where you control them.

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    Blake Griffin

    The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay!

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    Blake Griffin

    They really just taught me at an early age the values of hard work. Both my parents are two of the hardest working people that I know, so that was a big foundation for me and something I really cherish and it really helped me to grow up in that kind of household.

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    Blake Griffin

    This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

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    Blake Griffin

    [When] I was young and I listened to everything - I took everything to heart. I didn't really realize how much people want to talk badly about you when you're down, or kick you when you're down. As basketball players, people think everybody's ultra-confident. But that's not the case.

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    Blake Griffin

    When I was younger, I was just always looking for - you're always looking for this hot, so hot, like super-hot girl. And then, as I've gotten older, different things are really important to me, like just honesty. Being able to sit down and have a conversation.

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    Blake Griffin

    You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.

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    Blake Griffin

    You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great.

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    Blake Griffin

    You know when grandparents get older and they can't do things for themselves anymore? I'm gonna struggle with that. Because I hate depending on people to do anything for me.