Quotes About Basketball

Not a majority of the offense is run for me to post. I'm fine with that, but I want to play better on the offensive end.

I know I can and have to improve many aspects of my game. I have to play more in the low post like I did in Rio.

I think guards need to be able to have a post up in their game when mismatches happen and I think post players need to have an outside game, and that's something I've always worked on.

I'm kind of undersized for a two-guard, but I have a strong body. Not a lot of guys know that until I start moving them a bit, and they realize they actually can't post me up that easily.

In Europe, I used to post a lot because they call fouls over there easier than over here.

I'm not just shooting 3s. I'm working on my mid-range game, working in the post as well, trying to mix in everything and be the most complete player I can both offensively and defensively.

George Gervin was my childhood idol since I was little. In Oakland I had all his posters on my wall.

Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can pass. You're better just playing one-on-one in the post if you can.

When your move with your left hand can be just as potent as your right hand, I think that's pretty special. I think that's why Kyrie's the best, because he finishes so well around the rim with his left or right.

When you open up the court, now the point guards can see, they can score, and they're not afraid to take shots. Before it was like, 'No, don't take that shot. That's a bad shot. Pound it inside. Pound it inside.' And the philosophy has gone a little bit away from that, because it makes sense to do it the other way.

I was shooting over my head. With my long arms, it was like a slingshot. Coming from college to the NBA, I was only about 180 pounds, so I was trying to push the ball to the rim from the 3-point line.

I don't think about drawing the contact on purpose. I just want to get to the line.

Freedom of movement, which is a great rule, doesn't mean freedom to go to the rim for a layup or freedom to take any shot you want to take or me going in there and not playing through contact.

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the pass where you look away or anything. Just the right pass at the right time to get somebody open is just beautiful. There is nothing better than that. It's contagious - it makes everybody happy.

I want to be part of the three-point contest.

I play the same, contract or no contract, because trade-talk is part of basketball.

I'm just god-gifted: I have a talent. Even when I played basketball, no one ever taught me the game. I just played it. And with football, I just converted basketball to football and just played.

That's where I got my passion for the game, watching the WNBA on TV. Cynthia Cooper, Raise the Roof, We Got Next, I was into all of it.

If you don't cop the ZO2s, you're not a baller.

A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that's something I should really work on.

Corner is the easiest three in basketball.

My high school coach used to tell me there's no correct way to shoot, that the only correct way was to get the ball into the basket.

I started playing basketball when I was 6 or 7. I wasn't strong enough to shoot the correct way, so I just used two hands. As I got older, I just kept shooting that way.

The NBA actually encourages balanced living. Realistically, basketball only takes up about six hours of your day before it becomes counterproductive.