John Salley Quotes

I think every basketball player I know loves ping pong. Everyone played in on the Dream Team. I played Clyde Drexler and Chris Mullin and even David Stern once. David Stern saw I was pretty good.

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

I try to use my athleticism and my strength to be able to guard bigger guys, and being able to guard bigger guys is going to get me more minutes on the floor.

I'm the best guard in this league, defensively, man, hands down.

Around sixth or seventh grade, I fell in love with Tim Duncan and his all-around game. That's when I started watching him. Then my father introduced me to Hakeem Olajuwon. Those were the two guys I modeled my game after.

I became real good friends with John Stockton and Karl Malone and am still good friends with them to this day. It was always good to go see them and then play with them in the 1996 Olympics as well. I idolized John Stockton at the time, I tried to model my game after him.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

When kids start playing basketball, they all think about scoring.

I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor.

If I improve on the jump shot then I will be hard to guard.

I think I can play power forward; I think I can play center as well.

It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.

I don't want to get dunked on too much, and I want to make it to the playoffs.

I would rather be here in the Philly Hall of Fame than the NBA Hall of Fame.

My favorite player in the league is Klay Thompson.

All my friends and family have seen Patrick Ewing's TV at my house.

I know everything about Michael Jordan.

What would I do if I were being guarded by Marcus Smart? There's not much you can do!

I played point guard my whole life.

The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.

The 1992 US Olympic basketball team is the best sports team ever, the equivalent of rounding up the greatest American writers of the last century or so and watching them collaborate: 'OK, Twain, you do the dialogue and hand off to Faulkner. He'll do the interior monologue. Hemingway will edit - no, don't make that face, you know you overwrite. And be nice to Cheever. He's young, but he's got a good ear. Wharton and Cather can't play - they're girls.'

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.

Good basketball always starts with good defense!

I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.