Steve Nash Quotes

I can run up and down, shoot threes, or go inside. I can also get involved by setting screens and rebounding.

I can shoot, or I can roll, I can finish inside, I can take two-point shots, I can switch on defence and I can protect the paint.

I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.

I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.

About the time you think you are getting to know the moves in this game, someone comes along and does everything but undress you on the basketball floor. Standing there under the basket with your hands cupped - and finding that you don't have the ball in them - is a great little old leveler.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

I remember Michael dribbling at the top of the key. Everybody knew to just get the hell out of his way.

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I've been working on my defense and my inside game.

I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.

You ask what position I play, I say point guard.

Rondo is great with the steals, also on offense with the passing and court vision.

Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.

I'm a really good shooter, three-point shooter. I'm good at defense. Dribbling, not so much.

I still have a lot of confidence in my offensive game. I try to get guys involved and get in the lane, but defense is my backbone.

I know how to come off a handoff and a pin down.

I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.

My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.

Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

My job is just to make the right play, read the defense, shoot if it's there, and make plays for my team.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

Of course I love basketball.

I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.

I was never a great screen and roller, obviously.