Vince Carter
Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar Carteris an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is 6'6" and can play both shooting guard and small forward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 January 1977
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
clicking confident high level matter playing team wins
It's about getting wins right now, it doesn't matter by how many. We're just clicking on all cylinders. We're playing at a high level and we're a very confident team right now.
bricks felt playing ton
It felt like I was playing with a ton of bricks on my chest.
belongs definitely offensive realize starting
It's just getting him to believe, getting him to realize he's definitely an offensive threat. He's starting to realize he definitely belongs in this league.
initially mind
I wouldn't mind it. Initially it would be like.
hopefully win
It's great. We want to win it, but we want to win as many as possible. Hopefully 15 is not just the number. Hopefully we can win 20.
excited mess
Every now and then I get a little too excited and mess up my forearm.
anytime bounce course guess last open question
He's open to suggestions. I guess it (Jefferson on Bosh) sounded good, so he went with it and it worked. That's what he is -- anytime you have a question or an idea you can bounce it off of him and of course he makes the last call.
attacking attention brought pressure stepped
It was brought to our attention what we weren't doing right in the first half. We stepped up our defense, started attacking and just put the pressure on them.
aspects committing covers saying trusting win
Our willingness to win. I think, by saying that, it covers all aspects of the game: our willingness to win for 48 minutes, being aggressive, trusting each other. All that. Just committing to the team.
assumed far felt
I felt bad. It was far from what they assumed it to be.
brutal
It's brutal. It's going to be a brutal January.
focus key level results
I think our level of focus is the key right now. The results are getting wins.
deny eight far hands push shot tougher trying
I was trying to deny him as long as possible, at least eight of the 13 seconds, just to make it a tougher shot and push him out as far as I could. I just wanted to keep my hands up and make it a tough shot.
brought came games maybe playoff win
Maybe it came off as a chip, it was just focus. I wanted to get my first win here. They brought me here not to just win 49 games but to win playoff games. That was my goal. It was important for me to come out and just be Vince.