Nba Quotes

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you.

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done

It represents a Bible verse I wear on my shoe. Philippians 4:13. It says 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' It's also my mantra, how I get up for games and why I play the way I do.

I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

Champions behave like champions before they are champions

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

Young people need models, not critics.

My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.

The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.

You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask and more.

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed

You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not

Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

I've ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I'm going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming off-season, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season.

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

Whether I start or come off the bench makes no difference to me. My game has always been go as hard as I can as long as I can

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court