JaVale McGee Quotes

I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward.

I want to get in there and jump in the stands and dive for every loose ball.

I'm not a big sports fan, but I love it when they 'slam dunk.' That's sexy.

The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.

Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

Oh, if I played in the All-Star game, I'm playing defense - hard for the first quarter. And I want to get a couple of dunks, too, like I do in a regular game.

I'm the type of guy, I get mad if I see you keep dribbling in front of me. I'm going to try to get it eventually. I just got a knack for the ball, I guess.

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

As I get better competition, I guarantee that more finishes are gonna come, because I'll really get to use more of my skill, rather than me knowing that I'm so much better than the guy.

If you ask somebody who played basketball against me in the first grade and you watch a tape, it's been with me since I was a kid. I've always had this mentality to go out there and defend.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.

I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.

I don't need to be a banger. I dunk on people.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet. I want to dunk on my nephews. I'll block my 2-year-old's shot to make it hard on them.

The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

I have always and will continue to put myself in the mix at the end of every tournament. That's what I play for.

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.

When I played, I just wanted to guard the best player, and I didn't want him to score. That was just it, just competing. Along the way, it just kept building that I could be a great defender.

I knew I wasn't going to be a dunker.

I couldn't shoot and I couldn't score in high school. All I could do is dunk and play defense.

I've always been a self-motivated guy for basketball.

I love winning, I love playing to win. You need some of that to be a bowler. You need to have a hatred for the batsman to make sure you have that real fire to perform.