“If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I'd probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one. Everything happens for a reason.” IfsPersonsReasonHappensAbleGamesLinesBasketballHumbleThings HappenArrogantEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree ThrowArrogant Person Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.” MightGamesCoupleBasketballSeriesWorking ItNow And ThenChampionshipProvenMillenniumHacksPlayoffsFree ThrowShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that's just a way of saying that you can't stop me.” WayPlayBasketballCoachesPercentagesFree ThrowCan't Stop MeYou Can't Stop Me Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.” WayBasketballAppreciateHacksFree ThrowShaqCan't Stop MeYou Can't Stop Me Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Yeah, D-Wade called me up last night and said that he saw some film of me in high school and thinks that my form then was better and that I should shoot like that. I told him I'd think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.” ThinkingShouldSaidSchoolLastsFilmFormNightSawsBasketballHigh SchoolDecidedYeahPopsLast NightWadeFree ThrowD Wade Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.” FocusBasketballFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Me having a beautiful wife and great family and friends around me, all the money I've got, all the things that I've got, a Ferrari that I just ripped the top off of and turned into a convertible, the rings I got, the two mansions on the water, a master's in criminal justice, I'm a cop, plus I look good. So me shooting 40 percent at the foul line is just God's way of saying that nobody's perfect. If I shot 90 percent from the line, it just wouldn't be right.” IfsWayLooksTwoBeautifulWaterLinesJusticePerfectWifeMastersBasketballPercentShotsCriminalsRingsShootingPlusCopFamily And FriendsFoulRippedMansionsCriminal JusticeFerrariGreat FamilyNobody's PerfectFree ThrowBeautiful Wife Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'd shoot zero percent before I'd shoot underhanded.” BasketballPercentZeroFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Probably a lack of concentration. I always hit them during practice. I just need to concentrate. Even though I should a lousy percentage, I beat a lot of teams from the line. You have to have mechanics. But see, what people don't know about my wrists is my wrists don't go all the way back. My wrists are crooked and don't go all the way back. I've been practicing and working on them. You can't do everything good.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsShouldLinesPracticeTeamBasketballBeatsConcentrationMechanicPercentagesCrookedWristsFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels and he's complaining (on TV) about how I'm stepping over the line. I can't even do a No. 2 in peace. I'm sitting there grunting at 12:30 at night. Can I go one day without somebody saying something negative about me?” TryingI CanHomeNightGamesLinesTvsOne DayBasketballSittingNegativeComplainingDedicatedBathroomDumpFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think everything happens for a reason. With my game being the way it is, if I did shoot 80 percent, I'd be a harder person to deal with. It just keeps me humble. Just imagine me in my game shooting the same percentage that Reggie Miller shoots. I wouldn't even talk to you guys because I wouldn't have to.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsReasonHappensGuyGamesDealsImagineBasketballPercentHarderHumbleThings HappenShootingPercentagesEverything Happens For A ReasonHappens For A ReasonFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm upset at myself. I should have had 50. I missed 13 free throws. That's unacceptable. If I want to be accepted by Wilt and Kareem and Russell I've got to start playing better than that. Right now I'm still in the class of Hakeem and David Robinson and that's not good enough for me. I want to be out there with the immortals.” IfsWantShouldStillsEnoughClassRight NowBasketballShould HaveAcceptedUpsetGood EnoughNot Good EnoughFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points without consistently making free throws. Don't have me doing something I'm not used to doing. I ain't used to being a pick-setter. Let me badda-bing, badda-bang.” IfsWantRememberUsedKnownBasketballPicksLet MePlusConsistentlyBangsHavocFree ThrowShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.” IfsGamesWinningGivenImaginationBasketballShotsMy ImaginationViolationLanesFree Throw Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.” I CanTakenAmountBasketballCrapBeing FreeShooterFree Throw Author:Dennis Rodman
“The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem and confidence, get them to relax, teach visualization and routine, they will shoot as well, or better, with the pressure on.” IfsWellsDoeSelfGuyGamesPayAttentionTeachFourPlayerMinutesSelf EsteemBasketballPressureFinalsEsteemPay AttentionCoachingRelaxRoutineVisualizationBasketball CoachingSelf Esteem And ConfidenceFree Throw Author:John Calipari
“To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.” BigsGamesWinningLinesBasketballCoachingBasketball CoachingFree Throw Author:Rick Majerus
“I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right out.” FirstsTwoWantedBasketballFree Throw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's part of my game, getting to the free-throw line and being aggressive. If you say that I get superstar calls or I get babied by the refs, that's just taking away from how I play. That's disrespectful to me.” IfsPlayGamesLinesBasketballAggressiveSuperstarDisrespectfulFree ThrowRefs Author:Kevin Durant