John Paxson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.
-- John Paxson

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I do like our young talent here, but it needs to get better. And we need some better veterans if we can go out and get them. We all get discouraged by losing. I sit there every game and see the little things that happen and you feel like they cost you games. But the reality is that we are still some time away from being what I hope we can be. And that's going to take some good decision-making on our part.
-- John Paxson

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The two most important things to athletes, playing time and money.
-- John Paxson

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That`s instinct, you catch and you shoot. I`ve done it hundreds of thousands of times in my driveway. It`s what I`ve practiced.
-- John Paxson

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A man and his dog is a sacred relationship. What nature hath put together let no woman put asunder.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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.
Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the NBA is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives. But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated
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.
I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team
Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, weâ€™re embarrassed because thatâ€™s not the way we want to play soccer.
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.
Lampard's not the first player to run to the crowd with lips over his mouth.

John Paxson famous quotes

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