Lucas Moura Quotes

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor.

My job is just to make the right play, read the defense, shoot if it's there, and make plays for my team.

Normally, midfielders only pass the ball, but I dribble as well.

I had a two-dribble limit.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

I want to be an offensive player, too. Play low post, midrange, take jump shots, and just be the best I can be.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

I guess I get the most notoriety from my shooting. But I like passing and movement, making the game easy.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

I am very confident in my game, whether I'm shooting, driving or creating for my teammates.

It's very important to know how to dribble and pass and catch and cut at a very high level if you want to be a good basketball player.

I've always been a player on the move. It's not because I like running. I like getting the ball.

It's hard to play basketball without a point guard - it's an important position.

Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.

My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.

The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there.

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.

I was never a great screen and roller, obviously.

I've been working on my defense and my inside game.

When I go on the basketball court, I don't think about who's guarding me.

I've been working on a lot of things, just knocking down the three consistently, making smarter moves off the pick-and-roll, improving my dribble a lot.