Pau Gasol Quotes

If it's a shot for me, if I can make a play, create for someone else, I'll do that. A lot of times you run a play, everybody's watching, everybody's locked in, everybody's pulling over, and it just makes the game tougher for me.

It's a team game. I feel happier when I pass the ball than when I score.

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.

This isn't tennis or track. This is basketball. It's more about the team than self. There are four other guys on the court with you.

If they focus on me too often, somebody's going to be wide open. It's all about playing together and playing as a team.

There's times where I could take all the shots every time I touch the ball, but that's not me. I just play a team game and just take open shots.

I don't worry too much about scoring. I worry about the assists.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

I love bunt plays. I love the idea of the bunt. I love the idea of the sacrifice. Even the word is good. Giving yourself up for the good of the whole.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.

Being part of a team that was so unselfish was amazing. What we were able to accomplish was very meaningful, and the fact we were able to get it done as a team.

I wasn't a guy who looked to score first. It was to get your teammates involved, to understand time and clock management and having fun with your teammates.

You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.

You can have a bunch of individually good players, but it doesn't matter. You gotta learn to play like a team.

Being together on the field as a group, operating as a team, making important plays is a great thing.

It's a team game, and you need to be flexible.

If you have one driver who only cares about himself then it's not great.

It's irrelevant how I prefer to play and what I want. It's all about what works for the team.

Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.

Football is a collective game, not an individual game.

When you come to a new team, especially in the middle of the season, you don't want to come in and be ball dominant.

Football is the total team game.

I think everybody needs to think about making plays for the team, making winning plays, before thinking about how many points we're going to score and stuff like that.