Shaun Livingston Quotes

A lot of people say I am not tall and I am small guy. But I jump very high. I surprise a lot of people when I go for the corner kicks.

I'm bigger than most two guards.

I can jump high; I can dunk - nobody really believes that I can.

I've always been the tallest guy in my age group, which always made me go right down in the post.

I was kind of forced to rebound at a young age. I was usually at the back in the press of the 2-3 zone, because my brothers were smaller than me. So I usually got most of the rebounds.

With my size and length I can affect the game in a lot of ways.

When you have an almost seven-foot wingspan and can guard multiple positions, you're going to get minutes.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

If I was 6'3'', I'd be playing basketball for sure.

For as long as I remember, big men have dominated the NBA.

It's good in tennis that you don't have to be big or a tall guy to be good. Otherwise I had no chance to get in the top 20.

I think playing the 5 is an advantage for me. I'm much quicker than a lot of the other centers in our league.

I'm used to going out amongst giants and being the smallest linebacker.

I have an advantage over most big guys - I'm quicker and faster.

With the time, as I was growing up and I got taller and my arms were longer, I developed this aggressive style because I think it was better for me, for my style of game.

I grew up, and my body was not like a Spanish player. I was tall. I had a powerful game; my arms were long, so I'm like, 'No, you can't play like Spanish players.'

Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional.

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 certainly no Maradona. I was a very fast player. When I saw a space, I used it. When I went past somebody, he didn't catch up with me again. I was a player who came with a run-up. What Maradona could see in a small space, I saw over long distances.

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.

I've got a strong face, a strong body. I'm 5'11.

I just try to use my length to the best of my ability.

When I got into the league, guys didn't expect me to be as quick and fast as I was. I think it was myself holding myself back.

For me, from day one, I don't think I realized that I was considered undersized, but I knew I was good. I had certain tools in my toolbox that other guys didn't have, like agility, quickness and explosiveness.

Men from my tribe in Sudan - the Dinka tribe - are very tall, so you could say I was born to play basketball.