Vince Carter
Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar Carteris an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is 6'6" and can play both shooting guard and small forward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 January 1977
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
basket cut opportunity patient tie
A big basket was needed. If we don't make it, it would give them the opportunity to tie or cut it to one. I just wanted to be patient and take what I could get.
afternoon dress hardest morning nap stiff took woke work
This morning it was all right. I woke up stiff. I did some work and it made me feel better. Took a nap and it was a little stiff. It was more stiff when I woke up this afternoon than this morning. I said, 'Hey, just let it go.' That was the hardest thing for me, to not dress up and play.
felt guys help needed
As guards, we felt we needed to come back and help the big guys rebound.
best hoping playing time
This is the best time to be playing our best basketball. I'm hoping it can only be better.
meant seemed
This game, from the start, seemed like it meant more for them than it did for us.
games letting lucky matter slip teams ugly
The more games we let slip away, we're letting other teams have a chance. It's important for us to be who we are and win. It doesn't matter how ugly or how lucky we are.
aggressive ball decisions guy knocking move open quick shared
Offensively, we were aggressive and we shared the ball. We made quick decisions - move the ball and find the open guy. The open guy was knocking down shots.
bad care dictate game games less people playoffs scrutiny shake
Oh, I can care less about scrutiny and all that. If it was a bad game, it was a bad game. Just because of what people say and what people think, they don't dictate my game and how I play. I've been in the playoffs before and I've had bad games in the playoffs before. It's just one of those things, you shake it off.
air lights shot
They shot the lights out, they shot the air out of the ball, ... What can you do?
commitment defend
I think we make a commitment to defend them.
containing good job rebounds score shots stepped
I think we did a good job of containing him, but he stepped up. He didn't score a lot of points, but he made shots and got rebounds that were big for them.
best everybody
Just be yourself and do what you can do, ... Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
games goal overall possible until win
Just win as many games as possible. The overall goal is to win as many games as possible until there are no more games to be played.
confident detroit game gave last opportunity played playing test time
Just one game at a time. Detroit is playing unbelievable basketball. This is a test for us. The last time we played in Detroit, they gave us one. So it's an opportunity for us to come back. I feel like we're a better team, a more confident team.