Shawn Kemp Quotes

I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.

I'm just a hooper.

In street ball, you really don't care about playing defense, unless it's some kind of flashy steal or a big block where you bat the ball across the court, but all you're really worried about is scoring.

Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.

Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That's part of being a basketball player.

Obviously I haven't been shooting the ball as well as I want to, so I just try to take it to the basket and be aggressive and try to make a play.

The game of basketball is full of runs.

I tipped one in college and dunked in high school. I can still touch the rim. I've always been a guy who has been able to get off my feet. I've still got a little hop to my game.

You know, I'm really known for being an energy guy and working hard on the floor, grabbing a lot of rebounds.

I want to be known as a guy who breaks tackles; that's the whole objective of the game.

I'm a baller, I'm a hooper.

Basketball was my first love. I still love the game of basketball.

It doesn't matter who's under the basket, I'm going to try to slam or block the shot.

I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn.

I've been a dunker for longer than I've been a basketball player.

It's brutal out on the football field.

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.

Basketball is basketball.

Wrestlers in the U.S.A. are very aggressive. All they want to do is attack, but they'll make mistakes.

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.

I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation.

The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole 'nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.

I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer.