Quotes About Offense

A lot of offensive rebounding is a lot of desire, a little bit positioning.

Offensively, I can play different positions.

I think the biggest thing in this league is how many positions can you guard and do you have a strength offensively that's applicable?

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

When you master all defensive and offensive aspects of the game and always enjoy the majority of possession, you're sitting in pole position to win.

The experience of playing EuroLeague ball gave myself a different perspective on just the way the game's played. Every possession matters. Everything has to be on point. Offence, defensively - everybody has to be connected.

We have four parts of our game: working against the ball; in possession; losing the ball; winning the ball. If you are good in all four parts, you have a good chance of winning.

If the guys up front don't get possession, they can't score.

As a big man, rebounding is a big part of the game and it's also a huge part of our defense and being able to finish possessions off.

For me, possession is to keep the ball while you are waiting for the possibility to penetrate. Every pass is for a reason.

I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.

Al Jefferson. One-on-one on the post, man, can't guard him.

You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.

I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can be.

I'm actually a better passer out of the post than I am in pick-and-rolls.

Not a majority of the offense is run for me to post. I'm fine with that, but I want to play better on the offensive end.

I'm not just shooting 3s. I'm working on my mid-range game, working in the post as well, trying to mix in everything and be the most complete player I can both offensively and defensively.

Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can pass. You're better just playing one-on-one in the post if you can.

I may go so far as saying LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game. Because he is so potent offensively that not only can he score at will, but he keeps everybody involved.

When you open up the court, now the point guards can see, they can score, and they're not afraid to take shots. Before it was like, 'No, don't take that shot. That's a bad shot. Pound it inside. Pound it inside.' And the philosophy has gone a little bit away from that, because it makes sense to do it the other way.

It's tough to maintain 15-play drives consistently and score points.

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.

As long as an attacker creates opportunities, everything is fine.

4-3-3 is better for me because I can score more goals, and also create more and tackle in midfield which I like to do to help the team.