Quinn Cook Quotes

I told our players at Butler, 'I hate to break it to you, but you aren't playing beyond here. That's reality. So why are you so concerned with yourself?' It's a hard lesson, but I told them, 'How you handle your role on this team will be remembered by your coaches and your teammates. It will define you.'

As far as starting or not starting, that means more to some players than others. And if it means more to someone else, I think you should let them start and just go out there and do your job when it's your turn.

I've had to change my game a lot - try to play the right way, try to do the right things, try to be the glue guy for the team for the most part.

Showing teams I can do more than just shoot the ball, that's really going to help me out.

In the past, I played No. 10 and No. 9 sometimes when I had to help the team. I can play there and help my team-mates and my team; it's not important where I play. It's important to win the game.

I'm not going to put my team in any situation where I go 0-for-5 because I want to play and be a hero.

It's not common for your best player to also be your most unselfish player.

I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.

I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters.

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

The thing is, don't get me wrong, I still love scoring and I hate to lose but now I see myself more as making players play better. Sometime you do what you have to do and you have to perform, that is still there, but in my mind I am thinking about making the guys around me play better and that is never an easy thing to do.

I've always believed the mission is greater than the man.

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.

The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position.

A player has to think a lot bigger than himself personally, regardless of his situation.

When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.

I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's going to get bigger. He's going to get stronger. He's going to get even better.

As an NFL rookie, I had to buy meals for older guys. I appreciate hierarchy. I understand teamwork.

One of the things I like to do is let the players play and the coaches coach.

When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.

As a player you get asked to do different roles within the side.

That's the downside of playing for one of the top teams: that no matter how well you play, sometimes you have to step aside.