Grant Hill
Grant Hill
Grant Henry Hillis an American retired basketball player. Hill played for four teams in his professional career in the National Basketball Association; the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and Los Angeles Clippers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 October 1972
CountryUnited States of America
games great offense park princeton run since stick system triangle
That was the Rucker Park Princeton offense. We've had so much in and out (with injuries) that we haven't run that offense great since the first two games of the preseason. It's like the triangle offense in that you have to really stick with it and engrain it into the system for it to be effective.
shoot
On Wednesday, at the end I was favoring it. Considering what I've been through, let's get it right and shoot for Sunday.
fights-and-fighting hungry people sending
When you're doing well, people want to take shots. He's just sending a message: 'Look, I'm still fighting. I'm still hungry like I was 20 years ago.' That's what I think.
answer continue figure hard improve wish work
I wish I had the answer but I don't. We've got to continue to try to play hard and work through it and try to figure out what we can do to improve that.
brings definitely good knowledge wealth work
He's a good man. It didn't work out. But he definitely brings a wealth of knowledge to (Minnesota's) organization.
excel good great maybe
I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.
gain information knowledge people
There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful.
school
I was on the board at my children's school in Phoenix: I was Mr. Daddy Daycare.
infection time
I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know a whole lot about it. It really scared me.
popular title
It wasn't popular for college athletics to embrace Title IX.
aware signed thinking
I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.
continue duke opportunity start
I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.
dave worked
I think the world of Dave Griffin. I worked with him in Phoenix, got to know him very well, and consider him a friend.
beating carolina favorite time
My favorite memory is, as a freshman, going to Carolina and beating them. Going over there and winning on their court. I think that was the only time I did win on their court.