Quotes from Iman Shumpert

All the time, I play with a rhythm; if I'm too far out of the rhythm, I feel out of place.

Having a routine makes for a better professional.

It's cool to be on a team where we don't know who's going to score it.

If somebody scores on me, I'm going to be mad.

It don't matter who scores; we just got to win.

I like to paint pictures with words, 'cause I can't draw for anything.

I can go toe-to-toe with somebody with my shoes. But you can't do it with LeBron, 'cause what shoe does he not have?

Everyone will say something about confidence or something if you miss a couple shots. You've just got to keep shooting.

I'm a people person. I'm a hugger.

Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek a woman who understands and protects that with her life.

Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don't play the starter minutes, when you don't play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform.

When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.

I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.

As I go back and look at the film, if I look at my first year, every time I caught the ball, I was looking to do something.

Ever since I was little, I wanted to win the NBA championship.

I think when I started playing against some of the best guys on the AAU circuit, I started to look at myself and say, 'I am one of these guys.'

My mother worked in fashion design and she used to show me all of these looks. She tried to get me to wear fitted jeans in high school. This is when big jeans were popping.

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

I'm super reserved in letting people in my house. A lot of guys don't trust anybody in their homes but they would trust somebody like me because I've been there.

Back home, if you get scored on, you're the weak link. When I started getting good, they were like, 'If you're going to play on our team when we go play pick-up, and you start getting scored on, we're not going to let you play anymore.' I started learning how to help other people out with my defense.

I'm going to miss shots. I'm going to make plenty of mistakes. It's not going to be perfect.

If I bring positive energy to the court, most times, I can get that back.

Keep feeding yourself with positivity.

I can't begin to try to articulate the competitive nature I possess.