Drew Gooden Quotes

You keep working hard and the wind will carry you where it needs to carry you, in the direction you need to be.

I was never a guy who came into a new situation on a team being vocal right away. I kind of monitored the situation, observed the situation and then found my role throughout that process.

I've had to overcome a lot of diversity.

I wouldn't change my experience for anything. It made me the person I am today. Not just on the court but off the court.

There's never a right way to tell somebody that they've been traded.

I'm a social butterfly. Once I get somewhere, I can make myself at ease and start the team bonding and build a relationship with my team, all my teammates, all the coaches, all the coaching staff.

When I was young, I kept trying to be in the most helpful place for me, when sometimes, as players, you have to look in the mirror and say, "It's not always going to be comfortable."

I had to learn from an early age to be observant of how to fit in right away and how to make a transition a lot more smoothly by adjusting to a role or filling a role that a team needed.