Jason Kidd Quotes

You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them.

When you see young players coming into the squad and pushing you, no matter what age you are, you have to react. You have to worry about yourself and perform as well as you can. If you end up looking around at others, wondering who's performing better, you take your eye off the ball.

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the challenge of having good players around you competing for your place.

There are always new challenges in football. You just need to adapt; otherwise, you won't fit in. And if you don't fit in, then you will have to go somewhere else.

Scoring isn't the only thing in this game.

I help my team win. That's overall what I do best. If you watch me play, I'm usually going to be on the winning team. Whether it's scoring enough points or rebounding enough or guarding the best player on the other team, I'm gonna do what it takes to win.

I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'

I just enjoy batting, scoring runs, and contributing for my team.

Do I enjoy the aggression of English football? No. I like to play football. I like to score goals. I like to do things well.

Every time you go out, you want to help your team, play your best and don't let any opportunities slide by.

Football is very changeable, particularly at international level when you're not working together every day.

I have multiple friends on other teams who after a game, they'll tell me the game plan... part of the game plan is to stop you. It's a respect factor.

Wherever you go, you have to learn off players who you play with and who you are up against.

They don't give you extra points if you make a 50-yarder that goes over the net.

I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.

I would like to score goals in every game.

You have to play your game in this league.

That's what tournament football's all about. It's about finding your feet in the first game, finding what works, and gaining confidence.

For me, whether we win or lose, every match is giving me a lot of information about how to improve.

In an Ashes series you have to adapt quickly to the conditions and your rivals. If you don't, you get found out.

I don't worry about individual matchups.

Now that my daughter is 9 and my son is 5, I'm starting to enjoy tennis more. I've been asked to play in the over 35s, and I may do that.

Rugby is a game that's constant. If you are not growing with it, you get left behind.

My whole life I played the point, so naturally I think as a point. Two guard, I get to score more... During the game, I like to mix it up.