Quotes About Strategy

This is the best team sport ever created.

I feel like a coach when I'm on the court. I just see basketball as a team sport.

There probably isn't another position in all of team sports that I can think of that has the same level of import as the quarterback.

I just try to find ways to help my team win.

I try to stay aggressive for the most part, dictating, whatever the situation may be. Just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win.

I just want to be in there at the end of the game to try to help the team win. The last six minutes of an NBA game is where you make your name, so hopefully I'm in there trying to help my guys win.

I want to do whatever will make my team win.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.

That's what we're here for as quarterbacks is to help our team win, lead the offense down the field and put points on the board.

Offense is one phase of the game. You have to be able to play the other phases of the game and help your team win.

You always want to give yourself an edge, want to help your team win. That's pretty much going to preparation.

Yes, many times an assist is more difficult than a goal; you need to find the right space and measure the force used in order to provide your teammate with the right position in order to score.

Not everything is seen that happens on the pitch - the teammate in a good position, where it might get dangerous, how a situation develops.

I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.

You try to get the best shots possible, try to find the open teammate.

When you get blitzed on every pick-and-roll aggressively, you've just got to find the open teammate.

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

I love to set up my teammates. I am not here to be a star, to show off. I am here to play for the others, but if I have to try and clinch a game, then I will.

A big thing for me is trying to work on slowing down and not rushing plays, so I can be able to make plays for my teammates.

I think stolen bases are always a byproduct of doing other things well. Getting on base - you've got to get on base a lot, obviously. And you've got to be in the right position and your teammates have got to help you out a little bit sometimes.

When I come off the ball screen, I'm always trying to draw another defender, so where I can get my teammates open, and if not, I can score the basketball.

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 think, for me, I'm making the right plays and finding my teammates if I'm not open and finishing strong around the rim.

There are a lot of guys who average a lot of points, but they make the game hard for themselves, and they make the game hard for their teammates, and that's why you never really see them win or get deep in the playoffs.