Shot Blocking Quotes

I believe I'm better than everybody when it comes to footwork, timing, reflexes, defense, you name it.

I do all the dirty work: play defense, grab rebounds, block shots and finish strong around the rim.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

I have the mind-set that a guard can't stick me. So I watch the bigs and see how they like to play. If you're a shot blocker, then I jump into you. If you take charges, then I pull up for the midrange.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

I'm playing like Eric Dampier.

I used to be a wait-at-the-rim big, more of a Rudy Gobert-type of player.

I think mid-range shooters are hard to get to a lot of times. Guys are going at you all the way to the paint or looking to swat it at the 3-point line.

I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'

Peter Schmeichel could make the goal look much smaller when you glanced up to hit a shot.

I know I can block shots and I've got to do it. That's part of my job as a big.

A 7-footer who hits a step-back jumper - that's a pretty unicorn-like thing. Or someone who blocks a shot off the top of the backboard, pushes it in transition, and finds a shooter in the corner - that's pretty unicorn-like.

I need to improve on a lot of different areas. I need to improve on my timing on my shot-blocking, when to go, and when not to go. And there's definitely always room for improvement on my shooting.

The value of a Bismack Biyombo is the speed and agility that he has at the center position.

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

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

Tim Duncan was a marvelous player. He played the game from the four, the five position. He was one of the unique players, like a Michael Jordan, who could get to spaces on the floor you that you couldn't do anything about.

Some games I'm going to get more blocks or they're going to do more mistakes and give up more baskets but some games I get zero blocks and I affect 20 shots.

Goaltending, sometimes it's tough because you're in the air and you say, 'No, no. Don't take the ball.'

Didn't the other guys tell you? Nobody dunks on Manute B-O-L!

Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.

I try to do a good job of contesting shots and blocking shots and altering shots, but I've got to do a better job of doing more.

I feel like I can run the floor well, rebound and block shots and let the offense come.

Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, bigs have to protect the rim and can't give nothing easy to nobody.

I feel like, I go out and play hard every day and I'm going to practice every day, I'm going to block shots.