Matthew Emmons famous quotes

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Basketball #Made

There is nothing wrong with my mind.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Mind

Failure and things of this sort - you can take it one of two ways. You can either let that hurt you and really affect the way that you live your life in the future, or you can use that as an opportunity for growth.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Hurt #Opportunity #Two

You know, life is long. My shooting career is long.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Careers #Long #Shooting

I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Girl #People #Awkward

I had the '80s hair and braces and a 6-3 frame as a 16-year-old.
-- Matthew Emmons

#Hair #Years #Braces

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.

You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news.