Bill Laimbeer Quotes

I'm a big-guy guy. I look at guys like Shaq, Ben Wallace, guys who play inside and play tough. I don't pay much attention to the little guys; I like the big guys who do the dirty work.

I try to attack the glass, get rebounds and create possessions for my teammates because that's what I'm here to do. But if they face guard or put two or three guys on me I'm going to keep going to the glass and keep being relentless.

It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.

I'm just going to try to get as many rebounds as possible.

Guard some point guards, late shot clock, hopefully they miss.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.

I pride myself on defending and rebounding.

What you really need to do is just stop the 3-point shooting, make sure they don't set a record on you. Be physical.

With all the talk of the 3-point line, it's still most important to build your defense inside to out.

I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.

That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.

I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.

When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.

The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When we're body to body, I want to control you.

I try to come in with a focus to stop my man and win the game. I'm always trying to be ready to catch them off their strides by being physical enough without getting fouls.

I'm planning to go watch tape to see what D-Wade did when he played with LeBron. I need to learn how to be effective out there with him.

Getting on fast-breaks, you don't do that when you let a team shoot 20 free throws in one quarter.

There's so many different styles to it. I use my athletic ability to create shots for open people, I run the floor, then also space the floor as well. That's what I try to do.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

If a guy is shooting a shot in the corner 70 percent of the missed shots usually come off that other side and 30 percent hits off the front rim so just playing the percentages and kind of studying your teammates' shots throughout the course of the game.

If you drive right, and your big is standing to the right, dish and keep going to their big - you grab an arm, maybe pull - so that they can't contest. You only get called for it once in a while.

I feel like I can be one of the top defenders in the league and that's what I'm going to try to be.

Usually guys like Chris Paul, Lebron James, they will steal the ball from you. Stay away from those guys.

I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.

Basketball is not like football: It's not a car accident happening every play. Over the nine months, you can rest in practice and take off some minutes in games.