Ray Allen Quotes

When other teams fear you, that's a big difference.

There are certain teams in the NFL that have a certain aura about them, and there's a certain respect level about them.

If teams play Bayern, they bring another attitude to the pitch than if they play teams who are not Bayern.

Even in the Belgium team, we get the respect. Teams are not happy when they have to face us.

My aggression out there is my weapon. I think it's more letting them know that I'm not going to let them get away with something, and I'm not just going to kind of poke it back and be content to stay in rallies.

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.

I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation.

My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.

Every rookie that thought they was good, I went at them to make sure they knew I was the best point guard in the league, and they had to go through me. That's just the way I was.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Let them hate as long as they fear.

Can you be cruel and proud? For a great man among the commonalty, and in particular among such as we shall have to do with, will not be thought anything worth if he be not feared and dreaded, and at times renowned for his cruelty. It is thus that the Flemings wish to be governed; and among them men's lives should be no more valued, nor should they have more pity shown to them, than swallows or larks, which are caught in the proper season for the table.

There is no point in winning contests if you can't leave mental scars on the minds of the opposition teams.

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was 'dragon lady' or something like it.

The best feeling is when you dunk on a big guy bigger than you, then you can give him that look. It shrinks him down a bit!

Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.

I'd have signed for Real in a heartbeat. They're a club with more glamour than Milan; more prospects, more appeal, more everything. They strike fear in their opponents, whoever they happen to be.

Every time he steps on the floor, LeBron has to establish that he's the best. Every year is an opportunity for him to raise his level to the best of the best.

Who's on my radar? I don't have a radar. I always look at myself as a top athlete. They come after me. I don't go after them because I'm where they want to be.

I think something that has separated me from the rest of the competition - maybe it's just my way of thinking - I don't necessarily go into fights just wanting to win but to actually dominate. So when I don't feel like I dominate, sometimes I feel like a loser, I guess, you know, maybe in that perspective.