Mohamed Bamba Quotes

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

I've been working on my defense and my inside game.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.

I want to be an all-around basketball player.

My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.

I think it's getting proven I've got good mechanics; I make my free throws. I handle the ball, too. I can do a lot of things I didn't do in college.

I'm adding moves to my post game. I'm really working on staying low. I'm working on my strength overall, especially my legs. That's going to help me defensively as well.

I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.

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

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.

I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.

In high school, AAU, even prep school, I didn't really know how to play basketball. It was kind of like, 'Let's throw the balls out, go get buckets, just score, and go play.'

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals.

Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his dribble to get people in there and all that stuff.

Each game helps me to continue improving, which is what I want. I want to improve in defense, on the ball, score more goals. I never want to get tired of improving.

You know the secret to dunking a ball? Big hands. You've got to be able to palm it, and I couldn't.

You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able to finish in the lane.