Al Horford Quotes

It starts the fast-break a lot easier when I get the ball. I don't have to wait for big men to give me it. Just get it and go.

I believe in getting the ball up the floor and trying to take advantage of transition opportunities.

When teams are crowded in the paint, it's very hard to get in there and penetrate, but you got to find ways to get into transition and get into your strengths. It's a lot of thinking out there, you got to make sure you think and strategize.

I'm always open. As soon as I cross the half-court line, I'm open.

When you put pressure on the paint, you not only score but you force the whole defense to collapse and you can make easy plays to hit shooters.

That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.

I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.

The triangle offense is more for slashers and people who like to take the ball to the basket.

Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.

The bruisers and the bump-and-grind guys, use your athleticism on the floor, try to wear them out - run them through a lot of pick-and-rolls, run the floor, do a lot more athletic stuff just to try to wear them down.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

When I get the ball, I have to be ready to be in scoring mode.

We want to always play with pace on offence.

Golden State was basically a guard-oriented offense so I didn't use it that much.

I like to get out in transition. That is one of my favorite aspects of the game.

Obviously I think offensively, spacing for me as a guy that puts a lot of pressure on the rim is going to make it harder on a defense. They're going to have to make tougher decisions, and space is going to be way more open for all the guards, too.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

When you're running next to a guy who's about to lay it up in transition, you just get out of the way because you know Giannis is coming to block it.

When you move into becoming more of a shooting guard, you get more catch-and-shoot three's, lot of pin-downs and things like that where you shoot the three a lot more.

Just because it's a break doesn't mean it has to be fast all the time. It can be a secondary break, but you've got to allow the defense to break down.

Running in transition and scoring in transition, prevents you from setting your defense up on the other side.

I think in Phoenix Phoenix is like the run and gun team. We used to do a drill where we'd try to score in the first seven seconds. We used to do that in practice.

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball and I catch the ball, I'm looking to be a scorer first and a playmaker second.

I'll knock down the open jumper when it's there, but I want to get after it on the defensive end.

Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting.