Damian Lillard Quotes

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 was never a great screen and roller, obviously.

I was a forward, a center my whole life.

I have a pretty good idea of what makes NBA players great - especially at the different positions, and where the biggest problems lie that you have to address in defending those people.

If you ask the guys I played with when I was little, they'll all tell you the same thing. All I did was catch and shoot. I didn't do anything else.

I couldn't shoot and I couldn't score in high school. All I could do is dunk and play defense.

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.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

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

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

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

I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.

I can shoot, or I can roll, I can finish inside, I can take two-point shots, I can switch on defence and I can protect the paint.

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.

I would love playing with a guy like Porzingis who can score, stretch the floor, who can do a lot, a lot of different things. But I could see myself doing some pretty good things with other teams, too.

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

I'm a really good shooter, three-point shooter. I'm good at defense. Dribbling, not so much.

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

I built my career in the league playing defense and making shots, and also making plays when I needed to.

I love being a wing, you can make plays there and also get down there to download the bigs so I feel that is the perfect position for me.

As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.

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

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

I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.