Muggsy Bogues Quotes

With my game, my biggest asset is being a point guard who can get into the paint.

Quickness and momentum. You take the whole last generation of sports, listening to them, even reading about them, watching the games, analyzing them, arguing about them, instant-replaying them, second-guessing them, and all you'll distill from them is quickness and momentum.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league.

Use your assets in the right areas. Commit to outside speed. Don't always go into the junk pile in the middle of the ice when there are eight guys there.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.

I feel that playing the stretch four is an advantage for me because I'm quicker than most power forwards. I can shoot the ball well. I'm efficient, so I can use that to my advantage.

I believe my main quality is my speed, and that can help to open games up.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

Maybe I'm quicker. I can take the ball earlier than a big guy.

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player

I move slowly, and I used to move fast. I miss that.

I play a good physical game.

We definitely do a lot of tip drills at practice and try to work on your hand-eye coordination and stuff like that.

I can shoot the 3. I can play off the catch. I get offensive rebounds. And I still have a lot of energy left to defend.

I'm not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that's on point.

Guys in the league have grown-man strength. They're not going to move off when you bump them. They know your moves and are going to cut them off. You have to be strong and have counters. You have to slow down.

Obviously, you look at footwork and things of that nature, but that's not just at my position. That's from everyone.

Sproles has the quickest feet I've ever seen out of any player.

It is very important to be able to play with your feet, and deal with one-on-ones.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

I've always been pretty quick for my whole career.