Terry Rozier Quotes

When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.

You can tell when somebody is chosen basketball-wise. You can tell.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

Designing came to me. I didn't have to move.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

I pretty much came out of the womb singing. I think I sang all the time.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them - how I get the ball into the back of the net - might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me.

Passion is just something that comes naturally to me.

If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.

Sports is just something I have a knack to figure out how to play.

With my size and my athleticism, I should be at least double-digit rebounds every game.

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

Playing point guard is someone's instincts. They're used to that. That's my instincts.

There is a certain way that I play. You just have to have a feel for it. That's something you have to feel as a football player.

My shot-blocking ability, it's really second to none.

The speed you have, you can't practice it. You have to be fast from your birth on. There are other things you can practice, like flexibility or the little steps needed to stand good to the ball, but to be fast is a gift you get.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.

To be a great offensive rebounder, you have to think like a defensive rebounder and battle for position while also being in the flow of your offense. And then it's just being determined.

You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.

I don't know if I have actually good comedic timing. But I don't think I've worked at any timing. I think timing is probably something you can't work at. Well, I don't know. I definitely didn't work at it.

My anatomy was self-taught. I feel everybody has that ability. I drew instinctively. Mine was an instinctive style.

I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.