Bobby Knight Quotes

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

A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.

People say I don't have a jump shot, so that's what I've been working on.

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

I've been a good 3-point shooter, but I've been a better midrange shooter my whole career, so it was definitely frustrating to try to figure out that balance.

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

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

Rick Barry always amazed me - he was one of the best free-throw shooters of all time, and he used to throw it underhand.

There's still a lot of athletes in the NBA, but shooters are very valuable. I take a lot of pride shooting, so I feel like it's going to be big for me.

I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

I'd just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.

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

I'm just really just continuing to work on back-to-the-basket stuff and working on getting better from the foul line.

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 can get better. I haven't reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.

I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.

Most of my game is not really based on explosiveness, but I've gotta have a little lift on my jumper.

I don't shoot shots just to shoot shots. I'm always working in a rhythm, working on mechanics. I've got a checklist of the things I need to do with my form, my legs, my arms, all of my mechanics.

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

If you played basketball growing up, you learn the importance of follow-through when you shoot: forming the gooseneck, waving good-bye to the ball, reaching into the far off hoop like it's a cookie jar - think Michael Jordan's last shot as a Bull.

I was a good shooter in college, but it's a different level here in the NBA and I'm working on getting better.

I'm just trying to shoot in rhythm. That's the biggest thing for my shot from long range. I don't try to speed it up too much.

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

After college, I really looked at every single shot that I shot. Pretty much every shot in my sophomore year and my junior year and just watched my form. I watched how I shot it from 3, and I just noticed I was a very undisciplined shooter.

My game is kind of built around hitting shots - that's what I take pride in, and it's what separates myself from other guys.