Jason Kidd Quotes

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. - Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames, I'm really into them.

I try to anticipate exactly where my teammates are going to be. Sometimes I look good. Sometimes I look bad.

Kobe enjoys that situation. Stepping up and making the big basket or being involved in a key play.

I don't care what sport you're talking about. What you see with great franchises is structure - a structure that doesn't just take you from year to year, but day to day.

Passing is contagious. There's nothing better than making the pass that gives someone an easy hoop.

My job is not to scream and yell, my job is to cheer you and be positive. If you miss four shots, I'm still going to pass to you.

I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters.

Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.

I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.

Winning is the best deodorant.

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

I think we're going in the right direction.

Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing.

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

Yeah, I'm excited about it, my teammates are telling me to look at the basket, so that's what I'm trying to do.

My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.

Every team that I've gone to has had trouble winning games. I guess that's what I've been put on this earth to do, to fix it.

I'm a big fan of the game. Seeing these young guys play at the level that they are, I just wish I was 22, 23 years old so I can handle the game the way they do.

I love the competition no matter at what age.

I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.

...and that's what separates the professionals from the taxpayers

I've learned a lot at home and been able to take what I've learned at home to the court.