Scottie Pippen Quotes

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.

Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

I just want to be in there at the end of the game to try to help the team win. The last six minutes of an NBA game is where you make your name, so hopefully I'm in there trying to help my guys win.

It's weird coming into a game in the later innings, in a World Series game.

I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.

I've never seen a player that can dominate a game the way LeBron James can. He don't always have to score. He makes plays for other guys. But when the game is on the line, and you need a shot to be made, he's going to make that play.

Many times, the game comes down to the final possession, the final shot. I want to become a better clutch performer. That's what separates the really good players from the really great players.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.

LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.

You always wonder if you can make plays at the end.

It's just something about great players when they play in certain arenas or against other great players. They elevate their play. LeBron is one of those guys. He feels the moment. He understands the moment.

I know I have the ultimate eye of confidence to take a shot down the stretch if a coach needs me to do it.

Those are the moments people remember at the end of the game: You make a big shot. 'Yeah, he made a big shot.' I feel like those are the moments I work for and make sure I'm always ready for.

That's the thing about pinch-hitting - you usually have a chance to make a difference in the game.

The big-time player makes big-time plays in big-time games and that's what we need to keep doing.

I want it every game at the end. If you know anything about me, I want the ball at the end. I don't mind taking the shot.

I'm not the best shooter and I'm not the best scorer, but you do have to respect me because I can go off.

I can do a lot more by shooting from outside, score inside, penetrate, and make opportunities for others.

I've always enjoyed the emotion of being out there in the last minute of a game or the last couple minutes down by a goal. I think a lot of guys tend to thrive in that situation and I prefer to be out there.

Obviously everyone wants to play a certain way but when you get into certain moments you need someone to hold it up or if you are losing a game, go long.

When you have an opportunity to help your team in crunch time - as a kicker - that's a dream come true.

There are definitely times during a game when you need someone to step up and make a play.