Quotes About Basketball

Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.

LeBron's probably the best player in the world, so you just have to make it tough for him, make him take tough jump shots and things like that.

The older you get, the longer your jump shot becomes.

I have the mind-set that a guard can't stick me. So I watch the bigs and see how they like to play. If you're a shot blocker, then I jump into you. If you take charges, then I pull up for the midrange.

I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.

I'm an athlete. Anything that involves running or jumping I've always been excited about, so basketball was exciting.

The truth of basketball is done in competition and fundamentals and team, but there's a lot of other junk that goes around the game.

I started to think I could do just as much by playing basketball and setting a good sporting example than I could by going on the mission. But in the end I realized the mission was what was expected of me and was what would be better for me in the end.

You got to be able when you get the ball, slow it down, read the defense, call for a pick, and go off a pick-and-roll instead of going isolation all the time. Just be able to use that screen.

I run around a lot. I shoot a lot of threes. And that's just kind of what I've done since I was really young.

I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys.

I think it's not just me. I think there is a lot of guys in the NBA that - just kind of big men in the NBA that can affect the game in so many ways.

Obviously, I don't want to be too emotional. I just kind of want to use my energy on the court so I can just be able to be effective on both ends of the floor.

Within the sports world, I think it'd be cool to go be part of a baseball game or basketball game - just something different to see what that feels like.

It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to it, because even when I played, I would watch film, talk about the game.

I love Karl Malone.

If you drive right, and your big is standing to the right, dish and keep going to their big - you grab an arm, maybe pull - so that they can't contest. You only get called for it once in a while.

I only try to talk to people about things I really do use in my shot. If I see something similar and something that will help them, then you try to come to them and say, 'I think I might have something for you. Think about it if you like it.' If they do, and they want to keep talking about it, then I will.

Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching. Why would I leave?

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

At Kentucky, I was kind of a role player.

At Kentucky that was my biggest improvement, being able to guard.

At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right into my shot - don't focus on the defender.

Being able to go to Kentucky, they had the right blueprint for me to be able to go to the NBA after one year.