Al Horford Quotes

Shooting threes is always going to be what I do best.

My jump shot is the key thing. Guys go on the pick and roll and will force me to knock down shots.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

A lot of guys can shoot two, three, four, five, six, seven, 10 feet behind the 3-point line. A lot of people can do it. It's just, when is it going to be considered a good shot? When are coaches going to encourage you to shoot that shot?

I've always thought I could shoot from the outside.

All teams need good shooters. You can never have enough shooting.

Your big has to be able to make 'em pay from the perimeter.

You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.

At Kentucky, that was my job - coming off screens, catch and shoot, spacing the floor - no hesitations. Just go right into my shot - don't focus on the defender.

Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.

I look across the league at some of these really good teams and these great players, and you give a guy that shoots 18-footers an 18-footer, he makes it every time. Every. Single. Time. You give a guy an open 3 and he makes it every single time.

I know at times I'm going to have to just take the 3-ball when it's there instead of trying to get more to that midrange. But the midrange game is definitely one of my strong suits. I can't give that up.

All truly great shooters - Dale Ellis, Larry Bird, Craig Hodges, Chris Mullin - we always believed that we were the best shooters in the world.

I spend countless hours each and every day after practice doing form shooting. You know, coming in on off days to shoot.

I think my jump shot could get a lot, lot better. I could become a really big threat out there.

I guess I get the most notoriety from my shooting. But I like passing and movement, making the game easy.

A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that's something I should really work on.

If I improve on the jump shot then I will be hard to guard.

I found out some of the spots on the floor that I like to shoot - do my little floater shots, my pull-up shots, being able to get all the way to the rim. By me doing that, it's kind of opened up my 3-point shot.

I'm a pretty good free-throw shooter, so getting fouled is a good thing.

I'm just trying to look at different ways to see how the ball can go in the hoop.

I want to work on finishing at the basket more as far as more floaters, being more consistent.

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique