Baron Davis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didnt even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and hes telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name?
-- Baron Davis

#Basketball #Team #Hate
I am the donation to the foundation.
-- Baron Davis

#Foundation #Donation
I think the more aggressive I am on defense helps me to get easier buckets and get in a good grove.
-- Baron Davis

#Thinking #Buckets #Defense
For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true.
-- Baron Davis

#Basketball #Dream #Home
I always loved the Clippers. You root for the underdog. Obviously, everybody in L.A. is a Laker fan, but deep down inside, you root for the Clippers. If you're a true Los Angelean, that's how it happens. You always want the Clippers to do well.
-- Baron Davis

#Roots #Underdog #Lakers
The adrenaline gets pumping and you just got to forget about [injuries] and play.
-- Baron Davis

#Play #Forget #Injury
People compare me to Isiah Thomas because of my quickness and change-of-direction, the way I change speeds and run the team.
-- Baron Davis

#Running #Team #People
I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.
-- Baron Davis

#Guy #Wish #Goes On
I played with Mike Dunleavy Jr., and we got a great relationship on the Warriors. Knowing him and now knowing his dad, all I know is he's a man of his word. Anything that he's ever said to me has been honest and I respect that.
-- Baron Davis

#Dad #Warrior #Men

When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.
If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.
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.
God didn't miss any of us.
It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.
You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and to make an impact. If not, youre going to get cut. So you have to come in, make the team, have an impact and do something special. And I feel that, obviously, internally. I feel an obligation to myself to do that but obviously the organization, the fans, this community. I mean, they dont want to see a first-round draft pick be a bust, so I feel I have to come in and hopefully make an impact early.
The reality is we are 0-3. The reality is that we can still be a very good football team. We need to show that on Monday night.
I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed.
I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

Baron Davis famous quotes

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