Bam Adebayo 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.

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.

Once I got to college, I didn't know defensive rotations; my footwork was sloppy. I used to travel every other play.

I need to improve on a lot of different areas. I need to improve on my timing on my shot-blocking, when to go, and when not to go. And there's definitely always room for improvement on my shooting.

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

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

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

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.

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.

I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

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.

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

Corner is the easiest three in basketball.

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket. With the three-point rule, the whole strategy changes, and you make a move and then throw it 30 feet out, where somebody takes a standing jump shot.

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

I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.

If I could palm a ball I probably could have more dunks than I have in my career, but I still can get the job done.

In high school, I figured I'd get a few extra baskets by getting steals. I would just pressure up the ball.

When I started playing basketball, they always would have me at the block, and I'm like, 'Yo, I don't want to play down here. I want to do something else.' This is not entertaining to me, and whatever the guards do, I wanted to do.

The first time I watched basketball was in 2010.