Quotes About Basketball

The Mavericks are a smart organization.

My goals all along were to win state and play in the McDonald's All-American game. I'm happy I was able to accomplish those things.

I felt that N.Y. is the mecca of basketball. The love that I have for basketball, I feel it here.

I'm going to be learning until the day I retire. There is so much to grow and focus on in this game of basketball that I'm never done.

Basketball, eventually I'm going to have to retire one day. Players are going to come in and take my job. But education, I'll always have my education.

My life revolves around the ball.

Some of these parents in the basketball world want to be paid for their kids and want to be given this and given that. That's not what this is supposed to be. This is supposed to be about getting rewarded off of your hard work.

When my son was born, I was still playing in a summer league in Rhode Island.

Any time you sit out, it could throw off your rhythm a little bit, and I'm kind of a rhythm player.

You've never seen anyone shoot it like me. It comes off the left side. I don't know. I don't know. It still spins the right way.

I feel like I can make plays, finish around the rim.

When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.

Going to the rim, you either get fouled or get an easy two.

LeBron will not likely win six rings.

My favorite player, growing up, was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched.

I was a huge David Robinson fan.

I'd love to be with the Rockets for life.

One thing about Ron Artest, he's a hooper.

Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean, that is everybody's goal.

Most rookies coming in, they're a little short on the 3-point line because it's a little further back. But once you adjust to it, you'll be fine.

LeBron's a close friend of mine, so I always root for him.

I root for John Calipari.

I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's how I grew up playing basketball.

If you like basketball, you enjoy watching good basketball. And if you don't like watching good basketball, go watch rowing.