Quotes About Basketball

My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.

They teach that in Europe. When you penetrate and you feel some guy next to you, you just pump fake and stop and turn. It's an old move I used all my career, so it comes natural.

I just try to attack the rim as hard as I can. Try to get the crowd pumped up a little bit.

I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.

But I don't look forward to the day that Kobe Bryant's not in purple and gold.

My favorite piece of clothing as a boy was a purple Magic Johnson jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers.

I can't say I go through life liking it and that I pursue to be hated, but I did pursue to be a good basketball player.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

I did pursue to be a good basketball player.

I do believe 100 percent that Black lives matter and that the cause to achieve and pursue equality supersedes basketball.

I cannot wait to get to Boston and start to practice with the rest of the team in pursuit of a championship.

I realize that although I'd like to make films as a career after I'm done playing, I really love basketball; I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally.

What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.

Coach Snyder puts guys in a lot of good positions. A lot of screen-and-rolls.

Most kids in Africa don't start playing basketball until they are 13 or 14 years old. This puts them at a disadvantage because they lack the instincts and must work harder to develop the skills and habits formed at an early age.

I'm not the most athletic guy who is able to make these crazy layups or dunk all over people. I'm more of a shooter, floater, lane guy - not too much flash. But it gets the job done.

I have a very high love for the game. My mom would always drop me off at the YMCA downtown in Flint, and I'd stay there all day. If she couldn't take me, I'd take the bus there and be there until she'd pick me up when she got off work. I've always had the love for basketball.

Being from Flint, especially in the basketball community, is a big deal. Basketball in Flint, you're pretty much like a god there if you play college basketball or are lucky enough to make it to the NBA.

Growing up, I was a Detroit Pistons fan, being from Flint. During not the Bad Boys but Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace era, and growing up, I always wanted to be a Piston.

I like to space the floor, I think I can give guys opportunity not to get double-teamed.

I love running the floor and doing crazy dunks. I think I bring a lot of enthusiasm to the team.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

That's what I'm a big believer in, giving everyone touches and energy on both ends of the floor.

I get that every game. High school. At Duke. When I do the introductions, I get a little butterflies. Once I step on the floor, I'm fine.