George Hill

Sometimes in life, you can't do things that you really want to do.

Sometimes you have to stand up for what's right, and sometimes that may be ruffling feathers and may be frowned upon by everyone else, but at the end of the day in your heart, knowing you're on the right side of history and knowing that you did the right thing, good or bad, you have to live with that.

I'm not here to say vote for one side of the other. But I'm here to say use your voice and vote. Our ancestors, our fathers and things like that fought for this right. You should take advantage of it and get out and vote and use it.

It's all about what I can do to help the team win.

It's not about scoring, it's having that presence out there and managing the game and getting everyone involved.

I was always taught that no matter where you are, you leave your fingerprints on that city and an impression on children and parents. That's what kind of drives me, to see the kids look up to you and want to be like you - just be something special.

That's what pretty much drives me is just to see people happy and to spread the love.

If we have more guys that are willing to help others and not have hatred in their hearts, this world could be 10 times better.

There's a lot of negative things going on. I just try to do my job to make the world a better place.

I broke my foot in college.

I didn't know basketball was going to be the outcome for me after school.

You need the point guard to be vocal.

I'm a lead-by-example guy but also vocal because I'm the point guard.

We can't promise wins or losses and things like that but we can promise that we can play hard night in and night out and impact the community and that's the biggest thing.

I am not going to sacrifice that for something that doesn't mean as much to me as kids mean to me. The kids mean the world to me. If I have to make a decision to cancel some things, I will do it as a man.

I have a son and daughter and wife that need me not in basketball mode when I'm home.

Everything could be taken away at the snap of a finger.

Sometimes it takes guys time to get acclimated, especially to a good team. You try to find out what's going to be your role on the team that's already good.

I'm not perfect and no one else is perfect.

No one wants to take a vacation on April 15 or 16.

I've learned, after my first trade in San Antonio, that you don't put all your eggs in one basket in a place.

I've got one house and it's in Texas. Everything else is rentals for more.

People say, 'Well, you've been sent to different places.' To be sent to different places it means you're wanted in different places at the same time.

As a kid, I think every kid grew up watching Jordan, that was every kid's idol... you just wanted to be like Mike.

I didn't have any money. I used to try to take out people's trash and sweep the floor to make ends meet.

I always have time to help out the community and just do the best I can.

I don't watch ESPN.

Going to an organization where winning means something, where you're held accountable and you have goals and things like that I think that molds you early as a player and gives you that platform and foundation to be a professional.

I'm not the fastest, not the most athletic, but I learned how to play the right way. I learned how to be a professional. I learned how to win and how to be a team-first guy.

I didn't grow up with money and I don't define my life by money.

The world is bigger than just NBA fans.

Life itself is bigger than the money aspect of the game.

You can always make an imprint on the game no matter what you do.

I really don't care if I start, if I come off the bench, if I'm playing long minutes or short minutes.

I've been in some fights in my neighborhood before.

At the end of the day, it's basketball. You've got to put the ball in the basket.

I just try to go out there and win, and play good basketball.

I feel like every teacher out there has a teacher that impacted them in their life.

I'm an Indianapolis boy to the core.

I didn't have that growing up as a kid, people who gave back to the community and things like that. It was a dream of mine when I made it to always give back and be a positive impact and great role model.

That's what I try to base my life on is being a positive impact for the community... and everything I put my hands on.

Going to Haiti and delivering food or helping kids into AAU programs or to get into schools - anything I just try to do I just try to impact lives.

In high school I was that athlete that was pretty good.

I just love to be outdoors.

I love to just be on the ranch and experience life.

When I was a rookie, it was pretty much my first time outside of the city that I grew up in.

I'm not the All-Star point guard that everybody's dreaming about right now. I'm not that. I wish I was, but I'm a work in progress and I'm not scared to admit that. But what I am is a good citizen and a guy who's not scared to put his neck on the line for his community or for his state. And I'm always going to do that.

I never thought I'd be anything, coming from a rough neighborhood. So my character was built on the street. I had to know how to carry myself; I had to act like I was older than I was.

When I grew up, it was tough for my mom to take care of me, it was tough for my dad to take care of me.

At the end of the day, you're only going to be allowed to play basketball for a short period of time. You're a human other than that for the rest of your life. So it's safe to say that basketball doesn't define me. It's just a sport that I was blessed to play.