Quotes About Basketball

I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.

You look at the skills involved, especially with things like lateral movement or change of direction, and there's definitely a strong correlation between playing basketball and playing tight end.

Being able to get a big body to change direction, I think that's huge. I don't think a lot of tight ends incorporate that enough. I got a lot of that from playing hockey when I was younger, being able to play on the inside and outside of skates, as well as on the basketball court, being able to put my foot into the ground and crossover.

From the strength involved, the jumping, to body positioning and control, there are similarities. Playing basketball at a pretty good high school level, in a state where there were strong programs, definitely helped make me a better tight end.

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.

Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup.

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant... the second best all time.... now, I have a new favorite player to play against... my former teammate, LeBron James.

We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds ... It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.

If Shakespeare had been in pro basketball, he never would have had time to write his soliloquies. He would have always been on a plane between Phoenix and Kansas City.

The first time I played against Seattle was the only time I felt destroyed. Vin Baker just manhandled me. The whole thing, their double teams, their movement, everything.

Being down 3-1 [in the Finals] was the worst feeling I've ever experienced in my life.

He is Magic Johnson with a jump shot, all right. Larry Bird's jump shot. Lloyd Daniels can do everything with a basketball except one. . . . Autograph it.

As a rookie, I was a pick-and-roll player. I was an energy guy who could dunk, block shots, rebound.

Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.

In Chicago, they wanted Michael to do his thing and me to be just rebound. I'm more than a rebounder.

That's why big guys exist. It's our job to protect the paint. It's our job to rebound. And it's our job to get the easy points.

I don't know what position Scottie was; he was just a basketball player. He could dribble, shoot, pass and rebound. Defensively, he was excellent. He had quick hands and quick feet with a great understanding of the game. He could do it all.

I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.

When you defend and rebound and you trust the pass on the offensive end, you're going to have the ability to win a lot of games.

I'm a willing passer. And I rebound.