Chris Paul famous quotes

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.
-- Chris Paul

#Trying #Jason #Balls

You only get a chance to live your dream once, and I'm living mine right now.
-- Chris Paul

#Dream #Chance #Live Your Dreams

Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.
-- Chris Paul

What I really try to do is take different pages out of different players books.
-- Chris Paul

#Book #Player #Trying

I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam.
-- Chris Paul

#Sports #Nba #Games

People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.
-- Chris Paul

#Fighting #People #Said

Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.
-- Chris Paul

#Mother #Father #Real

For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.
-- Chris Paul

#Son #Who I Am #Wife

The least amount of buttons [in suit], the better. If you have to go with three, you can go three. But all that eight-button stuff? Nuh-uh, not a fan.
-- Chris Paul

#Eight #Buttons #Fans

That's the great thing about big cities: Nobody is judging. You really get a chance to show who you are with your style.
-- Chris Paul

#Cities #Judging #Style

I need energy every day. Whether I'm leaving home and going to practice or getting in the car with my two kids to take my son to school - I need all the energy I can get.
-- Chris Paul

#Kids #Home #School

Obviously I want the fragrance to smell good. I tell people all the time that when you see someone there can obviously be a physical attraction, but scent is something that stays with you. It's something that you remember about a person.
-- Chris Paul

#Smell #People #Scent

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.
-- Chris Paul

#Basketball #Winning #Play

Ive been fortunate to be short my entire life. Theres only one position Ive ever had to play, and thats point guard. So Ive always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.
-- Chris Paul

#Jobs #Play #Leader

Being close ain't good enough.
-- Chris Paul

#Good Enough #Enough

One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.
-- Chris Paul

#Country #Enjoy Life #Enjoy

No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I'm going to be who I am.
-- Chris Paul

#New York #Cities #California

For me, it's all about who you are. Some athletes may feel a responsibility. Some may not. One thing I've talked with my family and team about is doing more. Trying to make an impact.
-- Chris Paul

#Team #Responsibility #Athlete

If my son is happy, then I am happy.
-- Chris Paul

#Son #My Son

We showed why road games have been tough for us throughout this year. That's where we've got to get better. It's a learning experience.
-- Chris Paul

#Years #Games #Get Better

I love Polo. I have a lot of Ralph Lauren suits. I got Dolce, I got a little bit of everything. And my favorite thing about Ralph Lauren is that he puts the number three on a lot of his clothes, so I feel like it's meant for me.
-- Chris Paul

#Clothes #Numbers #Favorites Things

I have a Dominique Wilkins Hawks jersey that I still wear. That's probably my favorite one. What's funny is that I spend all this time collecting jerseys, and now people are out there collecting mine.
-- Chris Paul

#People #Jersey #Hawks

Im still getting more familiar with the plays and different things, but I think that will come along with getting more experience and getting to know the guys better.
-- Chris Paul

#Thinking #Play #Guy

I had never been to Oklahoma City before. I had no clue. Just heard there were a lot of tornadoes.
-- Chris Paul

#Oklahoma #Cities #Tornadoes

We wanted to impress the crowd so much. The city has done so much for us and welcomed us right in, and we just wanted to give them a good show and show them that we're going to play for them. I think guys just had a little bit of jitters.
-- Chris Paul

#Thinking #Play #Cities

I hate losing more than I like winning
-- Chris Paul

#Hate #Winning #Losing

I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.
-- Chris Paul

#Said #Valuable #Valuable Things

Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.
-- Chris Paul

#New Orleans #People #Want

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.
-- Chris Paul

#Nba #Games #Nfl

You can replace houses. You can't replace people. I mean, it's left me speechless. I was talking to P.J. (Brown) about it. When the storm hit, I just kept it on CNN and watched the whole thing. Just seeing Canal Street, knowing I was there just a few days before storm and seeing all those stores I went in being under water. Unbelievable.
-- Chris Paul

#Mean #Talking #Knowing

I trust my wife more than I trust myself.
-- Chris Paul

#Wife #My Wife

I've been a winner my whole life.
-- Chris Paul

#Winner #Whole Life

I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.
-- Chris Paul

#Nba