Al Horford Quotes

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

I sometimes should be more decisive.

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.

We could all use more coaching.

On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But that's really listening to what they need. Sometimes it's a little more ambitious. Sometimes it's very simplistic. But it's got to be something that's condensed into a short amount of time.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going to basketball camp and doing all the things, you should learn about yourself first before somebody else starts telling you how to play.'

If you coach, and coach every day, you should be getting better if you're self-evaluating and you've got people around you telling you the truth.

I realise that I need to be selfish at times as well as smart in decision-making and just not throw away my wicket.

I definitely understand a lot of what I want and what I don't want. I'm very clear on that, and I think that's been very beneficial.

How can I tell somebody, 'Don't shoot that shot' when I'm out there chunking 'em?

All the time, people are always saying to me that I need to shoot more.

After all, I'm nobody to tell the U-19s how they should lead their lives. My job is to give them the belief, it's better than just advice. We love guys who go through their journey themselves.

You learn a lot as a coach when you sit back and tell someone what to do, and then you realize, 'Hey, I need to start doing that myself.' I think coaching can improve a fighter's game tremendously.

You can always criticise people, the players are aware we can improve in a number of areas.

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.

Coaches often sting me to get the best of me. I am used to it.