Quinn Cook Quotes

I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.

It's no good if you are at a so-called best team, but you sit on a bench.

If it was up to me, obviously I would start every game, but that decision is up to the coach.

If I come on for 10 minutes and play well, I can't go home and tell everyone, 'I played a great 10 minutes.' I have to play the full 90.

If young players are capable of playing 90 minutes every week at European clubs why prevent them from doing that?

I want to make it tough on the organization to not play me.

I left Manchester United with my head held very high. I gave 100 per cent, and no one could doubt my performances, especially when you compare how many minutes I actually played.

Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

Everybody's schedule is crazy in the NBA, so that can't be an excuse.

When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you lost, you had to work to get the arena.

In professional football, there are always going to be critics.

I've been to NBA playoff games.

When I was really rolling in Portland, I was top five in minutes.

Being in the NBA, being successful, being able to win championships at the highest level in the world, there's certain core values that you have, certain things you have to follow.

After my debut as a pro for Groningen, I was at Eindhoven for two years.

Who wants to go to a team that doesn't play players when they are young? You can't see yourself playing for that team.

Sometimes in the NBA, the schedule gets to be a lot with all these events, busses, planes and games. But once that's gone, you miss it so bad.

If you ask me how did I do at United, I will say it was my best year ever, given the circumstances I was working under. We played football that was quite alright. But it's not football that is appreciated in England.

My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better. So I would never leave for L.A.

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having a marquee star player and coming in last place. That's not what Lakers basketball is. Lakers basketball is winning basketball.

You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.

When I signed for Espanyol, all I was thinking about was that I needed continuity in the first division.

In the NBA, it's wins and losses. You don't have to deal with some of the hypocrisy of college athletics.

It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.