Derrick Rose Quotes

That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

Aaron Rodgers - I love the way he scrambles and how he plays the game - he always makes great decisions with the ball.

I want to be an all-around basketball player.

It's important to me to be a complete player.

He can play. He can shoot. He can dribble. He can pass. He's a great player. Period. No question about it. And if anyone thinks Dirk is not a great player, I'll punch them in their face.

I watched Pablo Zabaleta countless times on YouTube and clips, because I think his timing of runs into the box is fantastic.

I think my game isn't very flashy, but the test of time for the position of quarterback is how fast can you get the ball out of your hands to the right guy? And I think I do that better than everyone else.

I can keep the ball and pass it, and I've always felt comfortable with the ball at my feet.

Dunk, and people anywhere will ooh and aah. But you can wow a crowd in New York with ball handling and passing.

I realized at a very young age that I had a gift to do special things with the ball.

I feel like I have built different aspects of my game, not just scoring goals.

I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as an individual, knowing where defenders are, having a better awareness. Those are things I can work on.

Each coach you have gives a little something to every player, but the one who changed my game the most was Mancini. He taught me to play more outside the area, dropping me back a bit.

I think everyone would like to have that one guy who gets triple-teamed, and he throws it to an open guy, but there aren't many of those guys around.

I learned a lot of things that made me be a better player and have more of a variety on the pitch.

That's what Europe brought to the NBA: the passing skills, the shooting skills.

I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways: changing paces, using your body to get open, knowing your defender. A lot goes into it. You have to study the game.

All we have is our talent. That's what's great about the division, you can see things that 125-pound guys can do that some other guys can't. All we have is our skill.

I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.

Pele has all the qualities and characteristic that a football player has to have.

I think the thing is that kickers are getting better.

I always tried to be an all-around player. In college, I felt like I needed to add to my game to get to another level, to get to the NBA. The NBA has really turned to positionless basketball, so it was very important to me to have an all-around game so I could stand out in front of other guys.

Roy Jones is different. I like the style and the movement.