Quotes About Communication

I'm ready to play, and hopefully I'm a guy people can come up to and bounce stuff off of - really, be the best teammate I can be.

Having the trust and respect from your teammate is where it starts and that is getting to know guys off the court, even before basketball.

It's always good to get in contact, get involved with your teammates.

You work all season to earn the trust of your teammates and the coaching staff.

I always try to manage the ball in a way that can help the way my teammates receive it.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

I like knowing where my teammates are without having to look.

In pick-and-roll situations, I feel like the NBA is all pick-and-rolls, so I want to be able to handle the ball in pick-and-rolls and make the right read, make the right passes, and make plays for my teammates.

I've seen teammates who wanted to choke each other.

My main role is to help the team. And I love that role. And I love that my teammates feel comfortable coming to me.

But I think it's important admitting to my teammates, Hey, I'm really struggling right now, and can you help me out?' Or, This serve is really killing me in the seam, can you take a step and take it for me so I can go and hit and have a better shot next time?'

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.

You have to communicate - you have to click - to find automatic reactions with your teammates.

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.

Every Hispanic player goes through that. It's a lot of hard work, to be able to communicate with your teammates. English is fundamental to be able to express yourself fully in a game.

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills.

With my experience, I think I've earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.

I wasn't a guy who looked to score first. It was to get your teammates involved, to understand time and clock management and having fun with your teammates.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

I just wanted to work, build a relationship with my teammates, and earn their trust.

If I'm tired, I'm coming out. I won't do that to my teammates and stay on the field when I know I'm not going to be able to do it.

It's always good to be out there with your teammates, working with your teammates in individual drills, team drills, just being out there, getting on the same page, just getting into flow with them.