Steve Blake Quotes

With my game, my biggest asset is being a point guard who can get into the paint.

I still play my fast-paced style but when the game slows down it allows you to see the little things - the right passes, where to lay the ball up.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

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

Kyrie is the ultimate versatility weapon. He's good in isos, he's good in pick-and-rolls, he's good in transition. He got game.

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

When you're a point guard, man, if you're not up to par, you're in a lot of trouble.

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball and I catch the ball, I'm looking to be a scorer first and a playmaker second.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

I've added a bit more composure on the ball and defensively got a bit cuter and improved in one-on-ones.

I feel like I have everything else as far as being creative and athletic. But it's the little things that's going to push me over, like ball-handling, passing, boxing out when I'm setting screens. Little things like that that you would overlook that can make me a complete player.

Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.

I'm trying to get a lower center of gravity. I think, when I play at a lower level, it helps my overall game, just my explosiveness to the rim with the ball in my hands. When I play with a lower center of gravity, my legs are always in my shot instead of playing vertical out there where I don't get the same explosion or legs into my shot.

If you never pass or dribble or go on the outside, cutting inside will stop working.

I know what I can do and I know I can pass the ball. I know I can be a true point guard and I know I can score also.

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.

The point guards that I like are the ones that are playing like point guards.

Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.

I have improved both feet for my passing game as well as in the vertical play into attack, whether that be low balls or longer balls.

I think that's the type of game I'm better at - faster paced, just moving the ball more around.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

When teams are crowded in the paint, it's very hard to get in there and penetrate, but you got to find ways to get into transition and get into your strengths. It's a lot of thinking out there, you got to make sure you think and strategize.

I know people say you have to be big and strong to play in the Premier League, but you cannot just judge a player by their size. You have to look at their other qualities, too.

The players who tend to make the difference are often great dribblers. Some are very fast; others have a repertoire of moves and feints. These players need to have great technique in order to be good dribblers. But I'm not a good dribbler.