Basketball Shooting Quotes

I just try to focus in to what I'm supposed to do at the line and shoot the basketball.

A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.

I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and I shoot for hours at a time.

Honestly now, I'm so much more comfortable at the line and I've gotten so many reps up. Now I feel like when I shoot it, I go up so much more confident thinking, 'OK I'm going to make this one.'

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.

I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.

When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.

I can get better. I haven't reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

After college, I really looked at every single shot that I shot. Pretty much every shot in my sophomore year and my junior year and just watched my form. I watched how I shot it from 3, and I just noticed I was a very undisciplined shooter.

At first you see a lot of people say 'Oh he's good, but he can't shoot' or 'Oh he's good, but can his shot translate to the NBA?' That just made me go into the gym and work that much harder to show and prove that I can shoot outside shots, and I can make shots.

All truly great shooters - Dale Ellis, Larry Bird, Craig Hodges, Chris Mullin - we always believed that we were the best shooters in the world.

I have shot a basketball my whole life and it is both physical and it is mental as well. Overall I think confidence plays a huge role in shooting.

To improve my free throws I went back to the mechanics and really learning how to have form and shoot the ball, so I have to get comfortable with that.

When I first started playing golf, I was heavily into softball and basketball.

I make at least 200 corner 3s every day before I leave the gym. I'm getting them up. I'm getting the same shot up over and over again, so I'm getting more comfortable with it.

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

My thing that I can do is score the basketball.

I play a lot of basketball.

I found out some of the spots on the floor that I like to shoot - do my little floater shots, my pull-up shots, being able to get all the way to the rim. By me doing that, it's kind of opened up my 3-point shot.

If you played basketball growing up, you learn the importance of follow-through when you shoot: forming the gooseneck, waving good-bye to the ball, reaching into the far off hoop like it's a cookie jar - think Michael Jordan's last shot as a Bull.

People say I don't have a jump shot, so that's what I've been working on.

There's still a lot of athletes in the NBA, but shooters are very valuable. I take a lot of pride shooting, so I feel like it's going to be big for me.

You've never seen anyone shoot it like me. It comes off the left side. I don't know. I don't know. It still spins the right way.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.