Free Throw Quotes

I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.

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

Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive. Any time the ball goes through the basket, and it's going through consistently, it's demoralizing for any opponent.

I'm going to continue to get better at the line.

I do remember my first 3-point attempt. I missed it.

I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able to finish in the lane.

I used to always brick. I used to always do like UCLA or Indiana late game, on the road, and I'll always miss.

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

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

I'll hit them when it matters.

I don't think you ever want to be too settled, because once you become settled, you lose a lot of your drive. I mean, I am settled off the court; the business side of things, the papers, contracts and all of that, but there are a lot things that I need to work on, on the court, like my free-throw shooting, which has been terrible. I need to work on being more demanding in the post. My teammates are going to come to me and I just need to go out there and score in the post, which will open up things for our guards.

Actually, I had no idea what shooting hoops was or were. I thought dunking was something you did with a beignet and a cup of steaming coffee. I wasn't exactly sure what a Knick was.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Basketball is basketball.

Rick Barry always amazed me - he was one of the best free-throw shooters of all time, and he used to throw it underhand.

Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.

I love basketball; I play every day.

I'd shoot zero percent before I'd shoot underhanded.

I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.

I've been a dunker for longer than I've been a basketball player.

In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.

Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.

If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.

I'm a really good shooter, three-point shooter. I'm good at defense. Dribbling, not so much.