| QUOTES FROM GLEN DAVIS |
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| "I
wanted to be a better leader so I figured the
best way to do that would be to critique myself
and look at my downfalls before I helped my
teammates. I just wanted to be more versatile,
man." -- Glen Davis in 2006 Sporting News College Basketball Preview
Regarding his sense of humor. "No, you don't ever big league anybody like
that, man. Never do that in public. You sign as
much as you can and you try to leave a couple of
good words, but I had to say, 'Hang on guys,
I've got to go.' It's like everything, every
aspect. Old people, girls, guys. "You know, I had always been rebellious about
my weight. It was something I joked about. They
had me listed at 310 in the media guide, and I
don't think I ever weighed that at LSU before.
It was something we laughed at as a team. But I
was playing well, so I thought it didn't matter.
I stepped on the scales butt naked and it read
347. I said, 'Oh God, Jesus, help me.' I knew
right then I had to do something. It was time to
change." "I reduced my portions and changed what I eat
and kept working out really hard. I don't eat
red meat anymore, and I don't eat junk food,
pizza, cookies, McDonald's or any of that stuff.
I eat a lot of chicken. You can probably hear me
cluck." "It's terrible. Bland, what are you talking
about. Just hot, bland, slop. I had to get into
character to eat that stuff, like an actor. I'd
pretend it was ice cream. But really, I was like
a stranded castaway eating slop on Gilligan's
Island." "I just want to be the best player I can be.
I want to leave my mark. I felt another year of
college would help tremendously. Plus, college
is college: It's fun ... I didn't think at that
time (after last season) that my character was
ready for (the NBA). Going to the Final Four
doesn't mean anything. (NBA people) don't draft
on that ... I wanted to do what would benefit me
and benefit my family most in the long run." "March Madness! It's so unpredictable. You
gotta love it baby!" "We can't predict the future. So we never
knew we were going to be in this situation. But
we believed. We also believed in ourselves and
our team. It's just a will and determination to
get back up again after you get slugged by a
tough team. You've got to be willing to take
some shots and bounce back up. We went through a
lot of trials and tribulations as far as Ohio
State and Connecticut and we learned from those
things -- tight situations. So it's not new to
us to get back up and fight ..." "We just have a chemistry and a camaraderie
that most people can't establish." "It's called thinking without thinking.
That's what I call it. The opportunity was there
to make the shot." "I was trying to seize the moment. I just
said 'Breathe it all in, big buy. You just hit a
big shot.' I was just trying to absorb it. You
live once." "(Working at the PMAC triage hospital)
touched me in a mental aspect...my purpose in
life. To see patients who had gone through what
they had and the recognized me and were
enlightened to see me? I need to portray a good
image. It changed my life, made me want to
strive to help others. |