"I'm willing to protect our culture ... we don't change how we are -- and we won't because I won't allow that to happen." --Damian Lillard (5/8/2016 to ESPN writer Kevin Arnovitz)
"When we get on the court, my only friends are in the same uniform as me." --Damian Lillard (10/26/2016 to NBA writer Cody Sharrett)
“He can shoot the ball, he’s a rim protector, he wants to win. He’s huge, and he actually sets real screens.” --Damian Lillard, on Jusuf Nurkic (4/3/2017, to NBA writer Ian Thomsen)
