Carmelo Anthony Quotes

The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side.

What kid doesn't want to play in MSG? I've been fortunate enough to play there many, many times during my basketball career. Every chance I get to play there, I try to embrace it. I just love playing there.

My gift, if I have one, is choosing terrific talent and providing the atmosphere for them to do their best work.

I thought I was in a better position to get a team than anyone else in Houston.

I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

When you look at the team that Jimmy Rutherford has put together and the players that he has, this is just a great story of excellent in professional sports.

I'm really looking forward to working under Mourinho.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

I am so thrilled about the opportunity to coach the Storm for years to come.

Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition in basketball.

I would say moving to Iowa turned out to be the best thing for my basketball career.

The fans really know basketball in Sacramento. They knew when we really needed their support and they were a big part of our success here.

I thought it was very important to keep growing with Atletico and to play there for many years.

The only reason professional sports teams - I shouldn't say the only reason, but the most important reason professional sports teams exist - is to win. And if you're not aiming to win, then you really don't belong owning a sports team, in my opinion. So you've got to be moving there.

I wanted to go somewhere and make a name for myself. I wanted to go somewhere and establish a winning culture because everybody knows about the football team. So I wanted to change the culture and make it both basketball as well as football and just give the fans what they want in Tuscaloosa.

It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.

It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

He doesn't need advice on how to play his position, but he needs advice on how to play team ball... If it's going to be my team, I'll voice my opinion. If he don't like it, he can opt out.

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.

People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.

I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.