Dirk Nowitzki Quotes

As a three shooter, seeing one go through the net, that's all you need to just be shooting it confidently again.

I have shot a basketball my whole life and it is both physical and it is mental as well. Overall I think confidence plays a huge role in shooting.

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

I take the opportunity 3s, and I think I'm one of the better shooters.

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

Nothing is easy, but it's definitely great to have a guy who can shoot from anywhere.

I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball basically every day of my life. So at some point, I've taken just about every shot there is. I've figured out the angles, almost like a pool shark. I know where to use the glass, which dribble I need and which spot I want to reach.

If you have an open shot, and you're a shooter, and you've put hours and hours on the practice court shooting the ball, you shoot the ball in the game. It's just that simple.

If you give him a 3-point shot, you might as well count it. I'd rather have Steph Curry beat me 14 points and 14 assists than let him get 40. Because his 40 is just so loud. And it's because of those 3s.

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

It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.

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

The main thing is confidence. I'm gaining more and more confidence to do whatever I want to do on the basketball court, whether it is shooting threes or sprinting to the rim and finishing or ball handling. I'm confident enough because I have worked on it that I am going to do the exact same things in the game.

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don't work on it - at least get some shots up or dribble the ball.

I've taken countless shots in my life, so you know the ones when you're in rhythm, with a perfect release, and it's on track, that it's going in.

Even if it's just two shots, I just want to see the ball go in the hole. That gives me the confidence to know I can make shots when I'm called upon in a playoff type of situation.

I think I gotta just keep working on knocking down shots and getting stronger.

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

I'm gonna come in and keep doing what I do in practice, work on my hook and get in position down low. Hopefully when I'm called upon I can do it consistently.

Every kicker that's in this league has kicked a million or so balls. You just have that swing; you know what you have to do, and you go out there and do it.

You can never perfect nothing, really, so I need to tighten up my ballhandling, my shooting.

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

I feel I can continue to grow as a player. I have a long time to continue to progress with my shooting, continue to keep my ball handling tight, continue to stay in shape. You know, all of it.