Khris Middleton Quotes

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.

That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important.

I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.

I've been working on a lot of things, just knocking down the three consistently, making smarter moves off the pick-and-roll, improving my dribble a lot.

Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.

I'm not a super dribbler.

Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.

Rondo is great with the steals, also on offense with the passing and court vision.

In Germany, my focus was mainly on dribbling.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

When you're a point guard, man, if you're not up to par, you're in a lot of trouble.

Accelerating, dribbling, and creating opportunities are the DNA of my game.

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.

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

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

I was never a great screen and roller, obviously.

I spent hours from 11 until 16 with Tottenham in the gym playing the ball against the wall. We played against the wall for an hour before we would have a match. Left foot. Right foot. In the square. In the circle. Above the line, below it. Chest control. Thigh control. Volley sideways.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

Normally, midfielders only pass the ball, but I dribble as well.

I had a two-dribble limit.

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

I know what I can do and I know I can pass the ball. I know I can be a true point guard and I know I can score also.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

The point guards that I like are the ones that are playing like point guards.