Shooting Proficiency Quotes

Defenses had to play us, obviously, out to the arc, but it was really, to me, my mid-range game that was probably more dangerous than my 3-point shot.

We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

Farre shooting never kild bird.

No matter what the trends are in the NBA - teams going big, going small, getting more efficient with analytics - the ability for a player to create his own shot, then convert tough shots, will always be a weapon, particularly when you get to the playoffs.

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

It doesn't take skill to stand in a place were no bullets find you, or to fire into the dark and hit a man you didn't see.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

Once people put that title on me as one of the better shooters, I just wanted to be the best shooter. That's what I feel like I was out to prove.