Quotes About Basketball

I've always been a basketball player. My earliest memories are of playing basketball. I was born playing it. It's why I'm so comfortable on the floor.

I think I am a good help defender as well as just bringing a lot of communication to the floor.

I think I brought something different to the NBA. I brought that I can do pretty much everything on the floor.

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

It's important to get some balanced scoring on the floor. For me, I've got to make shots.

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

I like looking at Carmelo Anthony and what he does on the floor. I also like Luol Deng; I think my game is similar to his.

I never thought you could win when you've got five guys on the floor looking for the ball and no one out there doing the little things.

Guys telling you to shoot it when you're open - you have nothing else to think about, but if you're open or not. That's it. As soon as you catch it, you let it fly.

I am focusing on the process of making my dream come true, which is to play professional basketball.

It's a different animal when you're in the NBA. You come in this league and you've got 7-footers who play 7 foot who are going to protect that rim come hell or high water.

I liked football a lot, too, but basketball clearly is my first love.

My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.

I wanted to go somewhere and make a name for myself. I wanted to go somewhere and establish a winning culture because everybody knows about the football team. So I wanted to change the culture and make it both basketball as well as football and just give the fans what they want in Tuscaloosa.

We left, I think, a footprint in FIBA basketball. Proud of it.

The things I've worked on in the offseason have mostly been on my footwork and pick-and-roll - using my size and not just always trying to face up and go by a guy.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

To feel forgotten about after averaging 20 points a game is an interesting experience. But it's a lot better than feeling forgotten about and averaging four points a game.

I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

I liked the idea of being one of the foundations for Coach Bennett's program and trying to revive UVa basketball.

The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.

I love the heart of De'Aaron Fox.

It's been a dream come true, you know, just making it to the NBA and being drafted by a great franchise like Boston.