Jim Boeheim Quotes

I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.

In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.

I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.

The chance of winning a Super Bowl in a city like New York, there's nothing like it. Once you win one, you get that bug to win another one, that edge.

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

LeBron James, I just love watching him play. I love his work ethic and all the things he stands for.

When I went up there it was with one goal was to win a championship. Obviously that didn't happen but I don't have one bad thing to say about my time in Boston.

I want to be the best Blazer - ever.

Basketball has given me everything.

When I was growing up, I never thought I would play in the NBA.

I could never have dreamt of the kind of career I had, but I was always happy with the ball in my hands or at my feet.

I learned a lot in the NBA.

I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'

I've always been a self-motivated guy for basketball.

I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.

My ambition is to win some trophies. That's why I am playing football.

I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.

I can't practice every practice or play every play like, 'Oh, I'm trying to get in the Hall of Fame.'

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

Everyone is committed to giving their best and to putting in 100 percent in every match to win.

I'm very proud because, all my life, I worked very hard to be a football player.

I love the game of basketball. I love being able to work every day. I love being able to watch film, be a student of the game. It may not show emotionally, but I just love that I'm able to do this.