Steve Nash Quotes

I think my jump shot could get a lot, lot better. I could become a really big threat out there.

If I improve on the jump shot then I will be hard to guard.

When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.

I had to make 500 shots every day, and when my mom wasn't looking, I'd get up closer to the basket and do lay-ups and count them, and she'd be at the back window at the kitchen and knock. Then I'd have to go back and shoot from longer.

Every time I shoot a turnaround, I feel like nobody can block it.

I make at least 200 corner 3s every day before I leave the gym. I'm getting them up. I'm getting the same shot up over and over again, so I'm getting more comfortable with it.

With my jump shot, once I get that consistent, I feel like that is going to be a huge advantage for me.

You can never perfect nothing, really, so I need to tighten up my ballhandling, my shooting.

I'm going to continue to work on my shot every single day, and just try to improve that.

I shoot too many shots in the summer to worry about my shooting.

I've always been able to shoot the ball, so it's just about continuing to work on your shot and shoot the ball. That's the main thing. Got to get those shots up.

I never casually shoot shots, ever. I shoot the same way every time. I shoot the same shots that I'd shoot during the game.

If you have an open shot, and you're a shooter, and you've put hours and hours on the practice court shooting the ball, you shoot the ball in the game. It's just that simple.

My greatest strength is my scoring ability. I've scored the ball at every level.

When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

Shooting the ball is a part of the game. Everybody can shoot in their own way. Not everybody can make. But everybody can shoot.

When I shoot, I'm square with the rim.

My form is improved and I'm just continuing to improve. I want to come back as a shooter. A knockdown shooter.

You ain't gotta jump too high to shoot the ball.

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.

Growing up, a lot of my shots came off of me dribbling and shooting it.

I'm just trying to look at different ways to see how the ball can go in the hoop.

Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot.

I can shoot a basket pretty well.