Quotes by Isaiah Thomas - Page 1

You have to develop your whole game to completion.
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Completion
Develop
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My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.
Isaiah Thomas /
Basketball
Life Gift Greatest Gift
Greatest Gift
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Most players in this league say they want consistency.
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Consistency
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We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.
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Trading
Younger
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Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.
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Brown
Larry
Francis
Steve
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I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one.
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Next
Shots
Miss
Believed
Always Matter How
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It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?
Isaiah Thomas /
Believe Me Important
Expect
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I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.
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Cover
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It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.
Isaiah Thomas /
Playing Field
Stands
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If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.
Isaiah Thomas /
Basketball
Basketball Player
Done
Player
Remembered
Life Good Done
Job
Life Good My Life
Then
Life Good Bad
Being
Bad
Rest
My Life
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You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do.
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Coaches
Patterns
Bench
Pick
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I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league.
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Nba
Replaced
Starters
Last Few Years
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My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.
Isaiah Thomas /
Bucks
Handle
Larry
Million Bucks
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The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball.
Isaiah Thomas /
Concerned
Defense
Offense
Versatility
Athletes
Ball
Draft
Types
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I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills.
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Skills
Teammates
Bodies
Develop
Responds
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The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.
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Leadership
Coaches
Today
Younger
Biggest
Biggest Difference
Difference
Direction
Help
Mentors
Suffer
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All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that.
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Organization
Allow
Myself Believe Way
Manager
Member
Rumored
Suggested
Talked
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It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.
Isaiah Thomas /
Care
Selfish
Selfless
Take Care
Overcome
Players
Group
Opposed
Themselves
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My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.
Isaiah Thomas /
Completion
Handle
Rebound
Always Game Better
Ball
Better Always Game
Defend
Throws
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We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.
Isaiah Thomas /
Be Patient
Contracts
Lottery
Patient
Expire
Trades
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How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?
Isaiah Thomas /
Minutes
Work Man Day
Eighth
Ninth
Improve
Work Hard
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I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.
Isaiah Thomas /
Pressure
Shy
Life Me My Life
Life Done Me
All My Life
Publicly
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It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.
Isaiah Thomas /
Basketball
Committed
Focused
Helping
Strategy
Grow People More
Dynamic
Task
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We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things.
Isaiah Thomas /
Credit
Younger
Develop
Experiment
Injuries
Maintain
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