Quotes About Confidence

My first game went very well. My teammates told me to be quiet and not to put pressure on myself. I hope to do even more in the future and start scoring goals.

In my mind, every time I touch the ball, I believe I have the ability to score with the help of my teammates.

The defense will tell you who shoots the ball. If it comes down to them trying to take the ball out of my hands, I trust my teammates to go out there and make every shot.

I don't pay attention to what people think. I don't really care what people think. All that matters is my teammates and my coaches.

I put out on Twitter that the only thing I terrorize is the rim. People know me, my teammates know me, everybody knows me.

My teammates and I have so much faith in each other on the court while we're out there trying to win games.

I want to... help the young guys, help my teammates, help everybody be confident and make everybody feel like they're special.

I used to care a lot about what other people thought - like teammates.

I know what I'm about. My teammates know, my family knows, everything else, I can't worry about.

This is how I see myself, as a player that at the end of the day, whether I have a letter or not, I know that when we're in overtime or it's a deciding moment in the game my teammates are looking at me to step up. To me that's all I need to know.

When your teammates trust you to make the right play, your confidence is building as every game goes on.

I can shoot the ball. I can make everybody comfortable out there, and I'm just going to try to help my teammates play better basketball if possible.

I am very confident in my game, whether I'm shooting, driving or creating for my teammates.

I never put a ceiling on myself, I never put a ceiling on my teammates or my team.

I know who I am. My teammates know who I am. And my coaches know who I am.

I didn't really think I was really good, I was just playing the game because I enjoyed playing it with my friends. Then once I started playing organized soccer, parents, coaches and other teammates were telling me to keep going and that I could become something so I started believing it.

I want to train to win the confidence of the coach and my teammates so I can get good performances on the pitch.

It feels good just to have my teammates behind me each night.

I try to do my best to trust my teammates and make plays at the same time. I'm not the greatest at it. But I'm learning.

If I hit a game-winning shot, right, and I run back down the court and shake my teammates hands, it's because I expected to make it. Because I've practiced or I feel I've worked harder than everybody else. So why would I then go nuts, go crazy if I expected to do that? People don't understand that part about me.

I trust my teammates and everybody to step up and carry the load.

I just trust my teammates to be able to make the right play - I don't have to score every time I have the ball, or shoot the ball every time I have it.

It took for me to get to the Lakers and for my teammates to help me get through that mental block that I had. Anytime I was open, anytime it even looked like I might be open, they always told me, 'Shoot the ball. We don't care if it goes in or if you don't make it. Just shoot it.'

My teammates have given me a lot of confidence, my coaches have also. When there's people behind you like that, you have no choice but to get better.