Paul Pierce Quotes

Offensively, Lowry is a great catch-and-shoot player from deep, and he's very comfortable shooting the trey off the bounce in isolations and pick-and-roll.

I made a lot of big threes throughout my career, but it was the 3-point shot that allowed me to maneuver inside the paint, post-up, mid-range game and so forth.

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.

All truly great shooters - Dale Ellis, Larry Bird, Craig Hodges, Chris Mullin - we always believed that we were the best shooters in the world.

I've been a good 3-point shooter, but I've been a better midrange shooter my whole career, so it was definitely frustrating to try to figure out that balance.

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?

I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

I'm just trying to shoot in rhythm. That's the biggest thing for my shot from long range. I don't try to speed it up too much.

I've always thought I could shoot from the outside.

When I came into the NBA, coaches wanted you to shoot a midrange shot or two before you shot your 3 - you know, to get an 'easy one' first.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

I don't shoot shots just to shoot shots. I'm always working in a rhythm, working on mechanics. I've got a checklist of the things I need to do with my form, my legs, my arms, all of my mechanics.

A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.

I'd just shoot until I got tired. I wanted to improve my outside shooting and my ball handling. I wanted to improve everything.

My game is kind of built around hitting shots - that's what I take pride in, and it's what separates myself from other guys.

Sometimes it happens, especially if you're a shooter. They say that you can't play great defense.

I'm a guy who can score the ball and shoot the ball.

Once people put that title on me as one of the better shooters, I just wanted to be the best shooter. That's what I feel like I was out to prove.

I've played with a couple good shooters, but I've never been on a team where there's been three, four, five, six good shooters. And I've always thought that nothing gets you open more than being surrounded by good shooters.

Defenses had to play us, obviously, out to the arc, but it was really, to me, my mid-range game that was probably more dangerous than my 3-point shot.

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

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able to finish in the lane.