66 Quotes by Derrick Favors

Georgia Tech definitely helped me a lot. I don't know about coming out of high school. But Georgia Tech was good for me. I got a lot stronger, a lot more used to not having the ball in my hands all the time, moving without the ball, setting screens.

Every summer I kept figuring out what I needed to work on to be productive the next season.

As a rookie, I was a pick-and-roll player. I was an energy guy who could dunk, block shots, rebound.

You've gotta be able to score around the basket.

When I set picks and rolled to the basket early in my career, either I'd dunk or it'd be an offensive foul where I run the guy over.

I had to take that time off just to get my mind back refocused and just talk to my family and be around my family so I can feel that love and support.

I still love Utah. I miss being out there, but sometimes you have to move on and try new things.

I thought it was destiny that I was going to play basketball.

No one would get a tattoo like this, so I decided to get Jesus holding a basketball.