Marc Gasol Quotes

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

I also think that I had great mechanics.

The passing game is timing and trust, expecting those guys to be in the right spot at the right time.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

Sometimes the pass is perfect, but you can't shoot the puck. Sometimes it's a bad pass and you do a good shot.

You can miss a kick on a good hold and you can still make kicks with bad holds but the more the operation is perfect, the percentages go up and up.

In this league, there's a lot of times when you're going to have guys open, and it's going to be all good and the fact that you're off a tick might not matter. But when it really matters, you're going to need to be right on it. And I think the more reps you get, the more likely chance you have to feel comfortable in those times of high stress.

Timing and accuracy is really what matters at the end of the day.

Everybody asks if putting is like shooting free throws. It has a very similar kind of mindset. And it's just you, the ball, and the target.

Oftentimes, you have to be able to throw it in order to run it.

It's all about timing and taking out big shots at the right time.

I love to hit my little five- to 10-yard cut, and that's what I try to do. And I think that's kind of been my game.

If you want to bowl a yorker, you have to land it; if you want to bowl a bouncer you have to be on the money.

I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.

The difference between a good shot and bad shot can be an inch to the left.

I can hit any target on the field.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

I'm making throws where I don't have to second guess, putting the ball where it needs to be, and when I'm making each throw, there's no grabbing or pulling in there, and it feels comfortable and fluid.

Never rush through the stoke. Nervous or not, take your time, and the result is almost always better.

I learned to bat and bowl on different pitches and knew when to go hard and when to back off. It was just something I learned.

I've taken countless shots in my life, so you know the ones when you're in rhythm, with a perfect release, and it's on track, that it's going in.

Timing is everything for me, especially.

Things are achieved when they are well begun. The perfect archer calls the deer his own While yet the shaft is whistling.