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The greatest players fit with the team. They play within the team's style, rather than asking the team to change its style.
Always being an underdog, always being the player or the person nobody really knew, that always kept a chip on my shoulder.
Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo.
My best coach was Rudy Tomjanovich because he asked the players what they wanted to do. He felt we had a feel for the game.
One of the things I learned playing on a good team is when the team wins, when you make the playoffs, everybody looks good.
If you go around the league, anybody with the last name 'vich' is a great shooter. Radmanovic, Vujacic... all those 'iches.
I don't know their names. Their names have been erased from my memory banks. If I tried to bring 'em back, I'd get shocked.
I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either.
What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story.
I love being part of a team, any team. Not just playing, but the camaraderie, the whole thing. It's just what I get off on.
Besides P.E., geography was my best class in high school. I was in this gifted class when I was younger, and it was wicked!
I've never felt as nervous as I did before a track meet - literally, stomach going crazy - 'cause it was just so difficult.
I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?
I was a big Magic Johnson fan. And I guess people who knew that gave a name that... In that vein. I tried to play like him.
It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
Every coach is different, every coach has different playing styles, but no coach made me have a negative experience playing.
I can't be someone I'm not. I try to be a warrior on the court, but where I come from, being macho doesn't get you anywhere.
People compare me to Isiah Thomas because of my quickness and change-of-direction, the way I change speeds and run the team.
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.
I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game.
It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.
You don't have to appreciate me - I hope you underestimate me. That way, when I have a good game, it'll hit you even harder.
I learned HTML in high school and then graduated to CSS. It's a great way to exercise my mind. But it's frustrating as hell.
One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.
I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.
My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.
Marking success, for me, is walking onto a court and just walking off healthy, no matter if it is one minute or two minutes.
I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.
[Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"
If the offensive player starts losing confidence, that gets the defender's confidence up - and I think the team can feel it.
I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I canââ¬â¢t share with you guys.
With my tattoos, I've got my war side on my left side, being left handed, and a faith side on my right side, right with God.
Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out
You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles
It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.
When you're in the slam dunk contest, you try to do the things the average person would have trouble doing on a Nerf basket.
Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.
One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.
The Kobe 8 is about enhanced performance. It's the most comfortable shoe I have worn. It's simplistic but has an edge to it.
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
When you're playing against a whole bunch of All-Stars, it's like a video game. There's so much talent on the floor at once.
I love video games. I had a Sega Genesis and a Nintendo 64 growing up, and I've had every 'NBA Live' that has ever come out.
I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!