Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kyam Anthony is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School and Oak Hill Academy before playing college basketball at Syracuse. In Anthony's freshman season, he led the Orangemen to their first ever National Championship and was named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Anthony then entered the 2003 NBA draft where he was selected with the third overall pick by the Denver Nuggets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth29 May 1984
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.
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.
To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.
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.
I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.
It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.
I think everybody has their own unique style.
It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.
There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it.
I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.
Everything on my body has a meaning. I don't do art just because. It does look cool but it also has a meaning.
As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.
Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.