Scottie Pippen Quotes

I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.

Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post as I do with Carmelo.

You're a pick-and-pop guy sometimes. You can get rolling with what the defense gives you.

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.

I know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.

Tim Hardaway Jr., Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis and myself - those are four guys that can score 25 points per game.

Your big has to be able to make 'em pay from the perimeter.

I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something more than a five to two score. You know as well as I do that the excitement, temperature and decibels of any big game today rise instantly when there is someone on base. It reaches ecstasy when somebody makes a run.

I'll always have a score-first mentality, because that is my bread and butter on the floor.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

I'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in the basket.

There're a lot of rules to basketball.

I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.

Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

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

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

A lot of NBA guys translate well when going to China because they're expected to score the basketball, while sometimes in Europe, you've got to fit into a system and not get as many opportunities to be ball dominant.

You can't play Around the World in the NBA, you've gotta go to the basket.

If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.

We just got to capitalize in the red zone. Don't turn the ball over.

When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.

It comes to the point where, if a midrange shot is there, I'm going to take it. If I'm open, I have to shoot that shot. That's a great shot for the team and myself.

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.

I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.

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.