When you've never had something, you want it worse than anything.
I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.
It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.
Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.
I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different.
I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.
I think I am a smarter player now.
You make your own party.
I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.
Family time is the best time.
I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.
I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.
I'm really into fashion.
I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.
I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.
It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.
As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.
I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.
I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.
Man, I think the sky is the limit for this team.
These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.
I have my own identity as a player.
I got an owner that looks out for me. You can't beat that.
![I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/carmelo-anthony-111470.jpg)
I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan.
I want to win. I don't care about the money.
I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.
I can't palm a basketball.
I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.
I'm not at the point in my career where I want to rebuild.
I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.
The new guys bring energy, intensity and emotion. The last couple games, they showed what they can bring to the team.
People only know what they see on TV.
We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.
I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games.
As a good player in the inner city, you're always hearing people saying that you're better than you really are and that you don't have to do things like everybody else.
The fans are dying. We're dying.
Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.
If you laugh, think, and cry; that's a full day.
To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.
Everything on my body has a meaning. I don't do art just because. It does look cool but it also has a meaning.
I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.
It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.
No one is perfect. I know there is stuff that I need to work on, and not just one thing, but my game overall. Everything can get better.
I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.
I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.
People need to see the authentic people that are still out there, the genuine people that really care.
It bothers me to hear people talk about things they know nothing about.
Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.
At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.
I think I'm the most underrated superstar that's out there, but that doesn't matter to me.
You just got ta believe, i have never been a quitter in my life or in my career.
When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.
Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.
Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!
We all need that sometimes, to get re-sparked again. Sometimes it's different influences and different motivations; sometimes we've got to go and get back to the basics.
People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!!
As long as you stay true to yourself and to who you are, you ain't in nobody's way.
Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.
You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun.
Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.
I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.
Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.
Every Morning You Have Two Choices: Continue To Sleep With Your Dreams, Or Wake Up and Chase Them.
What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.
With the way everything's going now and the way that technology is going, you can do a lot of things with a lot of different new materials.
I like having fun.
Leadership is something I was born with.
I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.
Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them.
I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.
I'm really into fashion.
I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day.
Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.
I just want to get on the court.
I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.
I think everybody has their own unique style.
I wanted to make the lightest shoe possible, but still be able to perform at the same time.
It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.
Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.
Who wouldn't want to go back home to play?
Life is a risk.
I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.
At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.
I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.
I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.
People look at me like I'm on my way out of the game. I'm just getting started.
It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.
Any decision I make is the biggest decision of my life.
When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.
The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don't see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.
When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different.
Without a doubt, any opportunity I have to build that up in New York, I'd do it. I told people all the time, always say, 'If it takes me taking a pay cut, I'll be the first one on James Dolan's steps saying take my money and let's build something strong over here.'
The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.
There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it.
