Trae Young Quotes

I've played with a couple good shooters, but I've never been on a team where there's been three, four, five, six good shooters. And I've always thought that nothing gets you open more than being surrounded by good shooters.

I definitely feel like I'm a really good playmaker, a really smart point guard that can lead his team and win.

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

Kris Dunn is a very athletic point guard.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

I could always shoot and pass.

I feel like I am a good player.

I am very confident in my game, whether I'm shooting, driving or creating for my teammates.

It's natural to me. I played point guard my whole life up until my senior year of high school. Most people don't know that. It's just in my game.

There's so many different styles to it. I use my athletic ability to create shots for open people, I run the floor, then also space the floor as well. That's what I try to do.

You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

I can score with the first team or the second team. It really doesn't matter with me because I can create my own shot.

You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.

I love the heart of De'Aaron Fox.

I think basketball has changed tremendously and for the better. I think that obviously the game is better. I think the skill of the players are better, the strength, the overall athleticism, the teamwork involved. I think coaching is better. We have more exposure for our game than ever. You know, our sport has grown significantly in really the last five years. It's pretty amazing.

Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.

If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.

Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've never seen on television. I don't look at our show as a basketball show. I look at our show as a sports and entertainment show.

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.