Kyrie Irving Quotes

From my early days of playing 2:2 in basketball against my three older brothers to my years playing Division 1 college basketball and lacrosse, sports have played a big role in my leadership development.

If you are not 100 per cent, Virender Sehwag or Chris Cairns will destroy you.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

That's what's great about baseball: some people are exceptional at the game, but still, even people that aren't very athletic, like me - I played Little League! It's one of those games in sports where even if you're not the greatest, you can still play.

The only thing I insist that everybody do is there has to be a basketball court in every game I do, and - with one exception, I let them get away with it once - you can actually shoot a ball through the basket in every game I've made.

I never really hated any particular sport but out of all the sports, I used to prefer the team games to running and sprinting and those types of things.

I only dunked maybe twice a game on average.

I love team sports.

Football's a war game without fatal casualties; baseball is a picnic on a huge field, without the food.

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

In international cricket, the atmosphere changes, and the interest level is higher, but for a cricketer, it is still a game he has to play.

I play football, not to only enjoy it - and I love the challenge of playing and competing with the best players - but I want to have the chance to win games.

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

That's what makes baseball the best. Nothing matters but winning.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends.

I enjoy every time on the court.

It's a whole different world once you get into games. You have people actually trying to hit you, the speed of the game's a lot faster, you have a lot of different things you need to check and see. It's a whole different world up there once game time comes.

Give me great players making great plays under the world's greatest pressure. Give me red white and blue real football.

Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.

There are sometimes easier games and others harder, but the Champions League always requires enormous concentration.

Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.