Shaun Livingston Quotes

It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

Coach Kidd has taught me a lot just from the point guard position.

I think there's a lot to be learned from your teammates and older guys around you. And there are many ways to lead. You don't have to change your personality to be a leader.

As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.

I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.

Manager Kit Symons sees our players daily. As a top-flight player not that long ago, Kit knows and feels the game.

There are a lot of good coaches in this league, and there are a lot of good coaches out there.

That's the job of a quarterback, to go out there and be confident with the communication of the play, in the huddle and with my play.

Every big moment has stresses and lessons that you take into your managerial career. You can pass it down to the lads who work under you. And everybody knows you handled it.

It's not always the player that's talking in the dressing room that becomes a good manager. It's a feeling that you need to develop, it's a feeling that needs to grow on you.

You want to learn from everyone, but I think one of the main guys I look up to is Thiago. We play different positions but his awareness on the field, his touches, everything about him is so calm.

When you have somebody like Christie Rampone, with the vast experience she has had, you're going to defer to her line because she has played in so many huge games, and she knows what she's talking about.

I learned how to be a pro, I learned how to win, I learned about building relationships with your teammates; it goes beyond basketball. I pretty much learned everything I know from OKC.

I'm lucky to play with Messi for the national team; I've learned many things. I can pick up a lot from him in terms of how he reads the play, how he thinks, how he sees the movement of his teammates. This will help me a lot for the future.

As a quarterback, especially when I come off to the sideline, I am trying to get things corrected, trying to get things figured out and move on to the next series.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

Seattle was my favorite team growing up, so I know a little bit about Coach Karl and his history. He's one of the best coaches in the game, well-respected by much of his peers and much of his players.

I've been very fortunate that I've played under a lot of very good captains.

I grew up as a point guard, and as a point guard you learn how to navigate situations.

The leadership aspect of U.S.A. basketball has really helped me out a lot.

I learned a lot of stuff from Jae Crowder.

Honestly, I always told my coaches my whole career - we'll practice two-minute drills in practice, like, once a week and everything - I'm just like, 'Those are my favorite time of football.' I'm out there in total control, just getting everything lined up, getting everybody on the same page, and obviously, usually it's pass after pass after pass.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.