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 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.
I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.
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.
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.
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.
Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.
I want to win. I don't care about the money,
At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.
Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.
I knew they were going to double- team, triple-team me. I was missing shots that I would never miss. Shots that I have to take. Shots around the basket. . . . That was their game plan. They want somebody else to beat them.
I knew that we were down by 14 points and my team needed me out there. Halftime, I told them that it was time for me to wake up and go out there and win the game.
I knew my shot wasn't going in from the outside, so I decided to keep on going to the hole and get some fouls called.
I knew I was going to get a shot up. It was just a matter of what type of shot I was going to get.