Peter Blair Henry Quotes

I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.

I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

I was good at speech and debate and academics. I should've stayed in my lane, but I kept trying out for the basketball team. I thought I would make the N.B.A.

You come from the college, you're the man. I was second-team All-American. I got drafted by Toronto, but they just took me because I was the best man on the board. They didn't need me. I didn't get a whole lot of help or guidance. I wasn't playing. I couldn't get reps in practice. And it's big-boy basketball. Grown men.

Forwards are either too tall, and I'm too quick for them, or guards are too small, and I shoot over them.

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 guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.

I am proud of my height.

I can't name a backup point guard better than me in the NBA.

In my mind, I do have a lot higher wrestling than Woodley. We've wrestled before, and it wasn't competitive, and that's honest.

I really want to test my athletic ability, my toughness, and my skills against those guys who are in my ballpark size-wise.

As a tall guy, you always think the over-the-top pass is the easiest way out. But sometimes you can fake that, and throw it under their arms.

I was the last one to get a scholarship out of my year - at 14, I think. I couldn't play up front because I was too small.

I like a match that shows strength, stamina, scientific technique.

I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.

Once you get out there and start playing basketball, whether the NBA or college or whatever arena you are playing in or who you are playing in front of, the juices start going, and you want to just go out there and play to the best of your abilities.

I feel like I'm a matchup problem, but that's of course because of my height and the height difference at my position sometimes.

When you're in the slam dunk contest, you try to do the things the average person would have trouble doing on a Nerf basket.

It's fun down there to actually go up against a 7-footer and you know you're undersized and you know people are telling you that you can't guard this guy, you can't do that. I take it as a challenge.

I keep myself in shape. I love the game of basketball, and I really feel like it doesn't matter about your age.

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

I guess what I've been told makes me dangerous is my height and length, so I just use that.

There are certain guys that are obviously a lot more talented than myself and a lot of the other players in the league, but... once you gotta play against me, all that's out the window.

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.