Quotes About Basketball

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

Demarcus Cousins, he can move. With his size, he can really use his size on the perimeter against anybody. That's what I want to do when I get to the league.

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing.

I love seeing the drop coverage.

I feel like I've been playing, coaching and covering basketball my entire life.

My dad thought my head looked like a basketball, so he set one inside my crib.

When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn't give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

I don't say that I'm the best in the country, because I always criticize myself so hard. There are so many things I can say are wrong with my game, and someone can sit there and say, 'Well no, this, this and this are good.' I'm just hard on myself.

If you've got one guy you know is going to get that ball in crunch time, it's easier to defend him. But if you have five guys who can get that ball in crunch time, it's harder.

You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.

Who wouldn't want to be compared to a guy like Steph Curry?

Steph Curry - I haven't seen anyone on his level, bringing that type of showmanship with excellence.

I love watching Steph Curry. When he's hot, every time he gets it, I'm like, 'Shoot!'

I hope my son becomes the next Steph Curry.

My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

He's a magnificent ball-handler, gets to the basket, manipulates defenses, so I definitely I admire Dame and what he does for sure.

When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.

To me, I have always been a Rick Adelman fan. I felt like if I had been in his systems, I probably would have been a better player than I was because if you look at his system, it was ideal for me.

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

When I get to Sacramento, I'm going to work my tail off trying to become a complete player and hopefully bring a championship to the city.

In the past years, I got in a lot of foul trouble because I was out of position, or because I was just too aggressive. I was trying to block too many shots. It's really just learning when to take a chance at blocking shots, and to get to spots early.

Other teams and other opponents, they look and see I'm 6-foot-10 and think I'm a 5 man or whatever, so they try to take advantage of it.