Ball Handling Skills Quotes

Im the best point guard in the NBA.

You can dribble on carpet. I grew up in Queens, and we had carpet in our living room. And actually, even in some of these gymnasiums where we're playing the game, we're on carpet. If you're 12 or 13 years old, you've dribbled on the carpet in your mom's house.

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.

That's the biggest difference from college to NFL. Everybody's so talented at this level, the difference is knowing the game - knowing where to go with the ball in my position, knowing how to execute your job to the highest level. In college, you could just get by playing ball.

I want to get to the 'pick your poison' type of situations like James Harden.

Once I got to college, I didn't know defensive rotations; my footwork was sloppy. I used to travel every other play.

I'm a guy that can stretch the floor, make plays in pick-and-roll, and then play off the ball as well.

Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

The more and more you touch the ball in the post and get game reps, you just get comfortable and confident and I think that's a big part of the game.

I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun times together that I can’t share with you guys.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with - if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

I know I can shoot when I want. I know I'm going to have the ball. It's about seeing what the team needs at that time.

At Kentucky, the environment and the coaching staff is going to prepare you for the next level, but the way we played in college... there's not a lot of spacing in college at all. So, I mean, you've just got to be able to play off the ball.

Being 6'7' as a point guard and playing with Sam Cassell and Cuttino Mobley on the Clippers really helped refine my post game and play with my back to the basket.

Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind.

The good thing is I don't put the ball in my right hand and I'm predominantly left-handed when I'm running the ball. I just have to take care of the football and even if I have two hands that are 100 percent, I still can't turn the ball over. It's just something I have to mentally prepare for, and I think I'm strong enough to do that.

I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.

When I used to dribble, I'd be on the wing, and I'd control it with the outside of my foot - it slows the ball down.

Just knowing how to get to my spots - that's the key. Once I get to my main spots, I feel like I have a lot of options I can go to - keep on driving, pass, or shoot. I just feel like if I can get to those spots, I can play my game.

I was an in-between size. I wasn't tall enough to be a real forward, and I probably didn't handle the ball well enough to be a point guard.

Kris Dunn is a very athletic point guard.

The first year I kind of struggled to find where my shots was coming from, when to cut, where to be.

They tried to put me at tight end once, but I would end up just blocking people when they were actually trying to throw the ball to me. I was probably in middle school. It just didn't stick. Except on running plays.

Most coaches are mostly small guards because they think guards have more knowledge.