Tim Duncan Quotes

The Knicks left me open a lot of times the last time we played them, and I was just making sure I took the shots that were there.

If I pass the ball to Karl Malone, he still has to make the shot, or nothing has happened.

I think we're always chasing a win once the ball goes up.

You can't just score more points than last year without playing defense.

I play with team-mates and when the team is good you have a good result.

Scoring a goal is very important for us, but the objective is to win the match.

When I started to do it with precision, I realized how much setting good screens made us better as a team offensively. It made things easy for me and my teammates.

You always want to score as many goals as possible, but the most important thing is if the team does well.

People watch the points, they watch the highlights. But the defense I think helps the offense.

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

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.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

I've been shooting the ball and running a little bit. It's just going out here now and forgetting that I've been out and try to get back in and make sure I know what's going on out there on the floor and that we're just not lost as a team.