Khris Middleton Quotes

I'm not a guy that's going to shoot 10 3s a game - I like to get to the basket. But some of those shots I do gotta take. Some of those shots I gotta let fly.

Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.

The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there.

This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

Depending on the point in the game and what's necessary, if you can deliver the play, whatever that is - heck, if it's a screen - and you get a guy open, and he scores a big basket for you, that gives me as much of a charge as anything.

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score.

I never really looked at myself as a scorer, but if the shot is there, I'm certainly going to take it.

I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer.

I have matured in my shot selection but will not discard my style. I don't believe in wasting balls.

If you're winning and can stay on the field offensively and move the ball, that's what we want.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

I'm quite confident to take people on - if there's a one against one, I'll definitely take it on if I feel I can get a cross in or set someone up.

I just have to have trust in my guys to make plays. I play at a confident, fast pace, and when I like something, I take it. I rip it.

A lot of guys can shoot two, three, four, five, six, seven, 10 feet behind the 3-point line. A lot of people can do it. It's just, when is it going to be considered a good shot? When are coaches going to encourage you to shoot that shot?

There are some games where I will look to be more aggressive and score more, and then there are games that I want to be more of a playmaker.

If I have a wide open look, I'm going to shoot it.

I think, for me, I'm making the right plays and finding my teammates if I'm not open and finishing strong around the rim.

That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on.

All teams need good shooters. You can never have enough shooting.

Guys telling you to shoot it when you're open - you have nothing else to think about, but if you're open or not. That's it. As soon as you catch it, you let it fly.

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

If you play an intense way, an aggressive way, we are good, we can score, we can create chances.

I've always been a guy to try to create contact; create scoring opportunities based off the free throw line and being aggressive in that way.

If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.