Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carmelo Anthony

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

Carmelo Anthony

Leadership is something I was born with.

Carmelo Anthony

When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different.

Carmelo Anthony

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

Carmelo Anthony

I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of basketball and I am surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.

Carmelo Anthony

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

Carmelo Anthony

A lot of people I meet say, 'You remind me so much of Magic Johnson.'

Carmelo Anthony

I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different.

Carmelo Anthony

I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.

Carmelo Anthony

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

Carmelo Anthony

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

Carmelo Anthony

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.

Carmelo Anthony

To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.

Carmelo Anthony

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

Carmelo Anthony

It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.

Carmelo Anthony

I think everybody has their own unique style.

Carmelo Anthony

It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

Carmelo Anthony

Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.

Carmelo Anthony

I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.

Carmelo Anthony

I think I am a smarter player now.

Carmelo Anthony

I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games.

Carmelo Anthony

As a good player in the inner city, you're always hearing people saying that you're better than you really are and that you don't have to do things like everybody else.

Carmelo Anthony

Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.

Jesse Jackson

Those companies that don't see the black and brown communities are missing, out of their closed eye, talent, which leads to money and growth. When baseball, football and basketball couldn't see the field, they missed talent and growth. The same is true in the tech industry.

Mo Williams

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

Mike Bibby

In our eyes we should be up three to one but we're not

Mike Thibault

The University of Houston has made an excellent choice by hiring Ron Hughey as its new women's basketball coach. Coach Hughey will bring an expertise and energy level to the program that will excite fans and put Houston Women's Basketball back on the map. Having watched him coach up close, I know his players will improve immensely and love learning from him. I look forward to following Houston Basketball in the years to come.

Mike D'Antoni

You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it's not the same. You've got to change with the times, and some of the guys you've got to drag across the finish line.

Nate Ruess

I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

Kelvin Sampson

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

Kemmons Wilson

A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.

Kris Humphries

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

Kevin Nealon

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by.