Tyronn Lue Quotes

I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.

Tyronn Lue

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• I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Fall
  • Basketball
  • Sketch

• The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Good
  • Strong
  • Compassion

• The excitement of the fans in Montreal, especially in the playoffs, I don't think you can get that anywhere else. For a hockey player, I kind of wish everyone could go through that and experience what it is to play there. It's very unique.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Experience
  • Wish
  • Player

• I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Work
  • Important
  • Player

• I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Done
  • Game
  • Control

• I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

  

  Cam Newton
  • Myself
  • Football
  • Player

• We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent efforts by all countries and peoples. A nuclear war would affect everyone, and all have a stake in preventing this nightmare.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • War
  • Risk

• I always felt like I'm a good one-on-one defensive player.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Good
  • Like
  • Always

• Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.

  

  Manny Montana
  • Long
  • Pretty
  • Cool

• History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • History
  • Society

• I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Way
  • Player
  • Guitar

• The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Best
  • Player
  • Ever

• A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Up
  • Free
  • Giving

• It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.

  

  Camilo Villegas
  • People
  • Happy
  • Best

• To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• I either run or try to play basketball every day.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Basketball

• Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • School
  • High
  • Stop

• Basketball players aren't always the best dressers.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Best
  • Always
  • Basketball

• I have always been a very passionate player and person. I often wear my emotions on my sleeve, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. I hope that my teammates always respect that of me, as I trust they know my commitment to winning.?

  

  Allan James Burnett
  • Hope
  • Respect
  • Trust

• If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?

  

  B. J. Novak
  • People
  • Why
  • Reality

• The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

  

  James Naismith
  • Basketball
  • Invention
  • Accident

• My guess would be if a player makes it to the fourth round and it goes to Monday, no one's going to jump ship. That's payday.

  

  Brad Faxon
  • Player
  • Monday
  • Payday

• The Lowcountry traditionally is a logical place where the big ships stopped and brought new things in from the ocean, and the islands have a mystical tradition. It is such a visual place, too, with these iconic villages with the Spanish moss and the village and historical homes and the coast.

  

  Margaret Stohl
  • Ocean
  • Spanish

• I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.

  

  Tyronn Lue
  • Player
  • Basketball