Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes

Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

It's a real advantage in basketball to have great hands.

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.

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.

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

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.

But through experience I learned to control my body and locate the ball.

I was never a great screen and roller, obviously.

I'm not a super dribbler.

Rondo is great with the steals, also on offense with the passing and court vision.

I always enjoy when CJ gets rolling because it's not just the fact that he's doing it for our team; it's the way it looks. Smooth. Crossovers. Crafty. Tough shots.

I can shoot the basketball, I can get to the basket.

When I get on the basketball court, there's not too many things I can't do.

Really I can do everything on the court: pass, shoot, dribble, score.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

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

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

I know that people know me for my dunks, but if you've seen me play you know that's just one part of my game.

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.

People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to change speeds to get around people.

I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.

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.