Casemiro Quotes

When I was young, I never shot. I always wanted to dribble the ball in the goal.

The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

There're a lot of rules to basketball.

Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.

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.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

Going to the rim, you either get fouled or get an easy two.

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

I was stealing the ball from all the guys. Every time they dribbled the ball, I used to take it, and I'd go down the court, and I'd either lay it up myself, or I'd pass it to one of my teammates. I was getting a lot of excitement from that; I felt good about doing that.

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

I'm a baller, I'm a hooper.

If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.

I think every time I go in a game, I have added something positive. I have gotten a rebound or made a defensive play. That is what I try to focus on.

Basketball is basketball.

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

Basketball is me.

I can win the ball. I can clear the ball.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

This is the NBA. Everyone can score points.

Basketball will always be my first love.

When we have to defend, I just try to recover the ball for the team because it's important, but I always try to go forward when we have the ball.

Everyone sees me as a defensive-minded guy, but both sides of the court are important. If you want to win, you have to be good on both sides.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

I can bring a lot. I play both sides of the ball. I defend. I have an offensive game. I rebound the ball. I get steals a lot.