Quotes About Basketball

I'm just all around cool guy that played basketball.

I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.

We never played ball for money. We played because it was fun and I was good at it. But a lot of guys get paid big money to play this game, and I have a family I want to help out. But basketball will always be a game to me.

I'm a fan of LeBron James. I'm not really a team fan; I'm just a fan of one player.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

I might like the Sacramento Kings. One of my favorite players is Dirk Nowitzki.

I am one of the pioneers, along with those players who went before me, and I'm coming to China to help the league and help more players get to know this league.

I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

Basketball is my first love. If my health had permitted me, I would still be playing, but I am glad in retrospect that everything happened the way it did.

I was playing basketball at Lifetime Fitness every day for two hours. Like, I played an hour of basketball before I played David Ferrer in the semi-final.

That's playoff basketball. Can you not get too happy after a win? Can you understand how determined the team is going to be after a loss and bring the energy you need to bring?

After a basketball game, you're gonna be physically tired, but more mentally. Playoff time comes around, you have it all in your head.

Even if it's just two shots, I just want to see the ball go in the hole. That gives me the confidence to know I can make shots when I'm called upon in a playoff type of situation.

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.

Ultimately, I want to make the playoffs.

I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

I've been to playoffs before. That should be everybody's goal is the playoffs.

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.