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

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

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

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.

Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cause you were too close, kissing his!

Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.

NBA's spacing's really helped. Teams gotta really respect my jumper.

If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

To sum it up, I would say that the Premier League is football's NBA.

I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

I'm going to be looking to get out like Randy Moss and Terrell Owens.

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.

Everybody's schedule is crazy in the NBA, so that can't be an excuse.

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

I think everybody's goal is to make the NBA. My goal is to be a star.

Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them

Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

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

There's no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.

Any NBA coach, you just try to figure out what is best for your group.

Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.

There are so many pick and rolls in an NBA game. It's so hard to guard.

You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player

After I got to the NBA, I had one goal: stay in the league for a while.

Everything in the NBA is sped up. Lanes close much faster than college.

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

I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game.

If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure

It's a great thing that the NBA has done in Africa to develop the game.

They say old people always come to Arizona, you know, to get recharged.

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

If the opportunity to go to the NBA is there, then I'm going to take it.

My dad used to play basketball, now he gets to see me in the NBA Finals.

These NBA seasons are such a grind; it really takes a toll on your body.

If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

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

Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.

I was hoping to get to the NBA, but the Lord took me on a different path.

Just to be able to play one minute in an NBA game, I'm grateful for that.

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