Quotes About Athletics

I feel like I have a rare skill-set with my quickness and my size. It kind of throws people off. It's deceptive with my speed.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

I think it's getting proven I've got good mechanics; I make my free throws. I handle the ball, too. I can do a lot of things I didn't do in college.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

Sometimes I rush my swing because I am so anxious to play well. In Cuba, the quality of the pitching is not the same as it is here. There you might find one or two pitchers at 94 or 95 mph. Here, every day I find several, and each pitcher who comes along throws his hardest stuff.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

I don't want to build a reputation for just being able to take long throws.

I can't take a game-winner in practice. I can't shoot free throws in practice that simulates the game. There's no crowd; there's no nothing.

I missed big free throws. I had terrible shooting nights. I had games where I had 13 turnovers.

Quarterback and cornerback are two of the hardest positions to play on the field, so yeah, you're going to get beat, you're going to throw interceptions, you're going to get sacked, you're going to miss throws. Stuff like that is going to happen. That's something you've been prepping for your whole life playing the position.

In pro wrestling, if somebody throws a move, it's my job not to get hurt but also to sell the move and make it look like I'm dying.

I think free throws are harder because you have more time to think about it, and every eye is on you. When it's a trey, you catch and shoot.

I make a lot of throws off-balance and a lot of throws just using my arm.

There are basically five ways to score in the half court. Layups, mid-range, three-pointers, free throws - and then what I call 'tough shots.' Tough shots come anywhere on the floor, under difficult circumstances. The ability to create that shot is a special skill in the NBA.

Some of the best quarterback play is when you're able to move in the pocket and still make throws down the field because it's not going to be clean every time.

Free throws - it's free money. I've got to make that count.

I don't like to fall short. It's tough. Just make the right play when I'm open, and I'll thrust to the rim and be aggressive.

Over the years, I've hurt my thumb, separated my shoulder, and injured my back, but not too bad. Actually, my back was hurt pretty bad. I had to take an ambulance and was in bed for a week.

At first I didn't realize that I had fractured my thumb amidst the momentum of batting.

I was an unusually big kid for my age and did not know how to express myself after being targeted as the odd one out. I thus landed myself in trouble for reacting aggressively. But with time, I succeeded as an athlete and people started respecting me.

I think Paul Pierce, the way he manufactures points, is the best player the Celtics have seen thus far.

If I make 140, I sacrifice a lot of things in my life: my diet, my training, my thyroid. It's insane to make 140.