David Robinson Quotes

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

I don't have to build up strength; I have been blessed with it. I do lift weights and train hard, but I am a very special individual - a very special man with very special talent and very special power. I can get any man - any man - out of there in a matter of seconds. That is the thing I love about myself.

I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.

You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.

As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

We’ve got more capacity than anybody both offensively and defensively.

Steph Curry is special in terms of the kind of competitor he is.

I was an in-between size. I wasn't tall enough to be a real forward, and I probably didn't handle the ball well enough to be a point guard.

Somebody can always use me. They can always use a dominant defensive player.

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier for me to decide what kind of sport I wanted to play, so at the age of nine I went to my first basketball practice.

I'd hate to be the sort of player who people just regard as being tall and only good for winning headers.

Ray Allen is one of the fittest guys in the league.

I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person.

I'm not a high jumper, but you don't see guys intimidating me or posting me up.

Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.

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.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.

Wilt Chamberlain, by far, is my best basketball player. Best athlete ever.

My dad was a big man - six-foot-seven and 300 pounds - and very strong.

There's nobody at welterweight I didn't face that I wasn't stronger than. I didn't face anybody that I didn't feel I couldn't outpower.

It's just something that God blessed me with. I've got power, so it really don't matter what weight class I'm in. I'm still going to have the same power as I had at any weight class I'm in.

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

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.