Offensive Awareness Quotes

I still play my fast-paced style but when the game slows down it allows you to see the little things - the right passes, where to lay the ball up.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

Defensive guys don't really understand. It's totally different for offense. Defensive guys are convinced they know us but they just don't understand. Quarterbacks have so much that they have to read and adjust to. They have to look at everybody on the defense. It's totally different for the offense.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important.

He has an awareness of what's happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he's proving just as effective from outside the box because he's using his experience in the right way. It doesn't matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world.

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball and I catch the ball, I'm looking to be a scorer first and a playmaker second.

I feel like I am definitely an attacking player. I don't really know where specifically that is, whether it's centrally or out wide. I do feel like I just naturally have a mindset to go to goal or create goals or things like that.

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

Sometimes when I play on the wing, I have to remind myself to stay out wide because I tend to naturally drift in towards the ball. I try to get on the ball and make something happen.

If I'm thinking about a particular injury, then I'm already a step behind. If I'm so gun shy in the pocket and not worried about the receivers that are open down field, something's going to happen that's not going to get the job done. So my main focus is having confidence in myself knowing that I'm able to be myself when I'm out there.

I've been learning when to block shots against who I'm playing. I'm not just going to leave a shooter to go block shots.

I always try and get as many as touches as I can with the ball because that's the most important thing for me as a player is to feel comfortable in that way.