Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steve Nash

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

Steve Nash

I think it's important that people stand up for what they believe in. It's important that people discuss things.

Steve Nash

The pick and roll is more about bodies and eyes then speed and being fast

Steve Nash

You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity

Steve Nash

I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly

Steve Nash

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

Steve Nash

My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.

Steve Nash

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

Steve Nash

I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

Steve Nash

I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball.

Steve Nash

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

Steve Nash

My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends forever.

Steve Nash

That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison.

Steve Nash

The toughest opponents to defend are Iverson, Marbury and Payton. They are all very talented and can shoot at anytime from anywhere.

Steve Nash

We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.

Steve Nash

We play a different style than other teams. It's effective, but different. We run the floor, block shots and create turnovers.

Steve Nash

Well, my favorite band is Radiohead. But, you know, I am pretty fascinated in general with music. I love music. It is definitely an interest.

Steve Nash

We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.

Steve Nash

We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.

Steve Nash

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.

Steve Nash

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

Steve Nash

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.

Steve Nash

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Steve Nash

My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends.

Steve Nash

My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.

Steve Nash

Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop.

Steve Nash

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.

Steve Nash

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

Steve Ballmer

I don't have a lot of experience running basketball teams.I'm just trying to get smart enough even to understand everything going on. As much of a fan as I am, I haven't played the game since ninth-grade. If you told me when I bought the team that there were 12 kinds of pick and rolls, I would've told you I have no frickin' clue about that.

Steve Ballmer

Baseball is a set of individuals doing their thing in the same team, but it's much more individual. In basketball people are making real time decisions about who gets the ball, do we trust everybody out on the court, and the analytics certainly don't show you all those subtle dynamics, but they're very important.

Steve Ballmer

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

Stephen Jackson

It's been kind of hard, I'm labeled as a jerk right now, you know what I mean? But I love it. I've been a jerk all my life. My momma loves this jerk. My kids love this jerk. I'm going to be a jerk in a good way, though. I'm going to be a jerk to the other teams and just go out there and play basketball. I can do that.

Stephen King

As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chances of getting published; I knew that I had some game, as the basketball players say these days, and I also felt that time was on my side; sooner or later the best-selling writers of the sixties and seventies would either die or go senile, making room for newcomers like me.