Jamal Murray Quotes

Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.

Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

I need to focus on getting to the free-throw line and knocking them down in practice and getting them in the game.

I've always been able to shoot the ball, so it's just about continuing to work on your shot and shoot the ball. That's the main thing. Got to get those shots up.

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

I want the ball in my hands, throwing the ball, making decisions.

I play basketball; I actually like the triangle. It opens things up if you know how to move without the ball and know how to cut. That's the game you learn in high school and younger - pass, cut - basically the fundamentals of basketball, which makes it extremely difficult to guard.

I think my jump shot could get a lot, lot better. I could become a really big threat out there.

I think I can score. But personally, I like to pass first, because people love people who pass. And I'm a point guard, so my job is to kind of get people open.

To be a great player and a great scorer, you have to find ways to get yourself open and get shots off. It's a dog fight.

I know how easy it is to get assists. But you can't be a pass-first guy and get assists. You have to attack.

The more you can keep your action and your mind and the ball you are delivering as simple as you can nothing can go wrong.

I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

When you think shoot, shoot, shoot you miss open passes.

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

In Atlanta, we ran a motion offense, so, obviously, I was on the move a lot.

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

I just got to be ready to knock down shots.