Free Throw Shooting Quotes

I'm a guy who can score the ball and shoot the ball.

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

Everybody knows the struggles I went through coming into my career with the free throws and how much work I put into it, how many people made fun of me for not being able to stay in games, this and that.

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

Probably a lack of concentration. I always hit them during practice. I just need to concentrate. Even though I should a lousy percentage, I beat a lot of teams from the line. You have to have mechanics. But see, what people don't know about my wrists is my wrists don't go all the way back. My wrists are crooked and don't go all the way back. I've been practicing and working on them. You can't do everything good.

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

The main thing is being consistent, being efficient and getting good looks, moving the ball when you can and knocking down my free throws.

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 know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.

I'm a pretty good free-throw shooter, so getting fouled is a good thing.

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

I need to focus on getting to the free-throw line and knocking them down in practice and getting them in the game.

I'm just really just continuing to work on back-to-the-basket stuff and working on getting better from the foul line.

Just because a guy is not a 3-point shooter doesn't mean he can't score.

I think I'm the first player in NBA history to average 20 points a game and shoot two free throws per game.

Games are often won or lost on the free-throw line. This isn't about slick moves or great skills. It's about practice, muscle memory, and being able to keep a cool head under pressure.

When I was a freshman, I fooled around with shooting free throws this way: For some reason, I thought you had to stay within the top half of that free-throw circle, so I would step back to just inside the top of the circle, take off from behind the line and dunk. They outlawed that, but I wouldn't have done it in a game, anyway. I was a good free throw shooter in college." Actually he was a 62% free throw shooter, which is poor except in comparison to his 51% as a pro.