During the NBA playoffs, Golden State Warriors’ four-time champion Draymond Green found himself with more free time than usual after his team was eliminated in the second round. However, there’s a positive aspect to this downtime: he gets to spend ample time with his children.

“I don’t really have any hobbies, man,” Green shared with Andscape. “I spend a lot of time with my family and my kids. That teaches you a lot about yourself, dealing with them kids. You know what I learned dealing with my kids? Dealing with them, you learn, ‘Oh, I do that. Like, I need to do this differently because they pick up on that, too.’ So, spending a lot of time with my kids has taught me so much about myself.”

Green has two biological children, Draymond Jamal Jr. and Cash. Additionally, the four-time NBA All-Star, married to actress Hazel Renee, has a daughter, Olive Pullen, from a previous relationship. Known for bringing his children to the Chase Center practice facility after games and to his postgame press conferences, Green’s son Draymond Jr. has even served as a ball boy for the Warriors. Green has expressed gratitude to both the team and the NBA for the special opportunity to involve his children in his work.

With Father’s Day approaching, Green shared his thoughts exclusively with Andscape in a Q&A about the importance of being an engaged father, the unique challenges of fatherhood as an NBA player, his relationship with his own father and stepdaughter’s father, and more.

How much time do you get to spend with your children during the season?

As much time as a I can. I do a lot of school drop-offs. You want to get that 30 minutes across the Bay Bridge. That’s meaningful time. So, I try to do as many of those rides as I can. When you get home, lock in with them. Spend that time with them. Because No. 1, they need it.

You said you have learned about yourself through your children. Can you expound?

My temperament. How I react to things. How things bother me. How you get bothered by something, how to handle that. How to work through things, because what you end up doing is, you’ll see something with them and you’re like, ‘Yo, do this, this way, this, this that way.’ And what you’re really teaching them is how to work through things.

We all need to continue to better ourselves and work through situations. So, for me, working through issues has been a really big thing that my kids and my wife has taught me. It’s been great.