Michael Redd
Michael Redd
Michael Wesley Reddis an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2000 NBA draft. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He was also a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 August 1979
CityColumbus, OH
focus
Grabbing, holding, crowding, everything. So their focus is on me. It's no secret.
difficult great guys job knew night shot shutting three
I knew it was going to happen. They did a great job having two or three guys around me all night and it was very difficult to get my shot off. They really were just concentrating on shutting me down tonight.
continue hard passed practice stay staying test together tonight tough work
I like our future. I like the potential. It's going to be great, ... I want to stay humble, continue to work hard at practice ... staying together in tough times and tonight was the test of tough times, and we passed the test tonight.
basketball case encourage guys mike needs sit trying watching wear win
I'm just trying to encourage everybody. Mike needs your help. I need your guys' help. I don't want it to be a case where you guys just sit around watching me trying to do everything. That's not going to win basketball games, man. And it's going to wear me out.
best follow guys leaders
I know guys will follow my lead. If the leaders are going to play hard, everyone will play hard. I just wanted to do the best I could tonight.
figure fire good home road seems wins
I know. I know, and that's not good at all. Sometimes it seems like we play with more fire on the road than we do at home. We have to figure it out at home and get some wins and make this a home-court advantage.
basketball cry playing playoff trust
I'm just playing basketball, man. I trust the referees to make the right calls. I don't need to cry about it or nothing. That's part of playoff basketball.
disrespect easy geared knew missed normally shots toward
I missed a lot of easy shots. No disrespect to their defense. I knew it would be geared toward me, but I missed a lot of shots I would normally make.
adjust against body combat extra hard past people position rip saw surrounded
I never really got into a position to do anything. They always had an extra body around if I ever did get past Rip (Hamilton), which was hard to do in itself. They just surrounded me and I was never in a position to do anything. We've got to make adjustments to combat what they did against me because I saw (two or three) people every time. So we have to adjust that.
great playoff position trying win
I'm trying to be that positive, be that encourager. We're in great position to still win a playoff (series).
best competition guards wish worried
I'm not worried about the competition out there. I wish the best for everybody. Obviously, there are a lot of guards out there. We'll see what happens. I feel like I'm one of the ones that's up there.
blew everybody open opened
I like the way we had 33 assists. That blew it open because they didn't know who to guard. It opened up for everybody else.
winning night next-level
I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent.
basketball live-by seems
It is all about confidence: 90% mental and 10% physical, that is what basketball is. I live by that and it seems to be working.