Quotes by Jason Kidd - Page 2

I wasn't a guy who looked to score first. It was to get your teammates involved, to understand time and clock management and having fun with your teammates.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Clock
Having Fun
Management
Score
Time Your Fun
Teammates
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Issues
Protect
Team
Issue
Strictly
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Bulls
Games
Lakers
Play
Yeah
More Than Anything
Quite A Bit
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Games
Play
Years
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When the Heat were put together, there was talk of going undefeated. They didn't get off to a great start, but they found a way to win back-to-back championships.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Heat
Undefeated
Championships
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I thought to myself, 'All right, let's take a look at your resume. You have no financial background. You have basketball, that's what you have, for your whole life.'
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Life Myself Your
Life Myself Look
Resume
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The two things that are probably tied for first are winning a championship with the Mavericks and also being able to win a gold medal - two gold medals with Team USA.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Championship
Gold
Tied
Usa
Gold Medal
Mavericks
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Sports
Don't Care
Structure
Talking
Years
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As a professional athlete, the small print says there could be a trade at some point in your career. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. You have to be able to handle that.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Athlete
Expected
Handle
Print
Professional Athlete
Trade
Professional
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Good Chance
Persistent
Thinking
Years
Shoot
Realistically
Season
Throughout
Title
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The biggest thing is winning. No matter what percentage, no matter what my numbers say in the sense of points, assists, rebounds and steals, it's always been about winning.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Numbers
Biggest Thing
Percentage
Points
Steals
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It's harder when you're supposed to win. When you're talking about the best players and the best teams in the world, when you talk about the Heat, you can ask them - it's not easy.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Heat
Best World Win
Teams
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Sports
Emulate
Guy
Magic
Older Guys
Thinking
Playground
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I don't have tapes of meditation, but I put on the meditation station. I did as a player, too. I used to always play the game before the game happened. As a coach, I do the same thing.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Meditation
Coach
Game Always Play
Same Thing
Tapes
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More eyes on the court is better than just two eyes. There's always a time for one voice. But when the guys are working, I believe in those guys working and making the players better. Hands-on.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Hands-On
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It was part of my recruiting to go to Cal because they knew I loved to play baseball. I don't know if I was good enough to make the team, but I worked out with the guys, and it was a lot of fun.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Cal
Play Baseball
Recruiting
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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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Defense
Games
League
Left
Play
Shooter
Winning
Me Game Better
Teammates
Game
Came
Column
Better Game Me
Matters
Game Me Better
Scorer
The Most Important
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More than anything tough, I play 'Madden'. 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.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
More Than Anything
Videogames
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I just want to be in there at the end of the game to try to help the team win. The last six minutes of an NBA game is where you make your name, so hopefully I'm in there trying to help my guys win.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Nba
Team Win
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When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Coach
Myself Look More
Criticized
Losses
Wins
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I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Arena
Basketball
Me Way Big
Losses
Markets
Wins
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I definitely will reach out to Cuban in the near future for advice going forward. Now that I'll be on the business side of things - and he's had a lot of success with that - that would be a guy to go to.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Cuban
Success Future Business
Business Side
Near
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The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Division
Play
Winning
Currently
Regular Season
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After I left the Nets, I found out what it takes to not just make the Finals, but to win a championship. I think I have a sense now of how you build a championship structure and how you maintain that structure.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Championship
Finals
Structure
Maintain
Nets
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Apple has the radio stations, so I go R&B in the morning, and then I'll go with some hip-hop before the game. But after the game, it's more meditation music. It's not artists; it's more whatever is being played.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Meditation
Radio
Radio Stations
Stations
Apple
Artists
Played
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Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Gary
Hard Work
Talent
Two
God-Given
God-Given Talent
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Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Basketball Team
Built
Championship
Excited
Next
Prepared
Team
Accountable
Being Prepared
Career
Coach
Expect
Held
Phase
Truly
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A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Motivational
Morning
Basketball
Basketball Player
Gym
Late
Nba
Nights
Early Mornings
Mornings
Nba Basketball
Sacrifices
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When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Jobs
Kids
Basketball
Court
Little Kid
Play
Twice
Pretty
Ball
Stay
Guys
Last
Picked
Scorer
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When you are on the floor, there's no better feeling than when your teammates are into the game on the bench and are cheering for you and vice versa. When you come out of the game, you are cheering for those guys that are on the floor.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Vice Versa
Your Game Better
Teammates
Bench
Cheering
Better Your Game
Floor
Game Better Your
Versa
Vice
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When you think about 19 years, it has been a heckuva ride. Physically, I want to be able to participate in activities with my kids, so it has taken a toll. It is time to move on and think about maybe coaching or doing some broadcasting.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Broadcasting
Physically
Activities
Move On
Participate
Ride
Toll
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I think sometimes when trades are made the beginning of the season on paper, they look great. It just takes time. Sometimes the process by the media or outside influences or sources want it to be now. Sometimes it doesn't work that way.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Made
Media
Paper
Process
Time Work Great
Now
Beginning
Work Time Great
Look
Influences
Outside
Season
Sources
Takes
Trades
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As a player, I always felt confident that if I was caIm, my teammates knew, 'He's going to do something to help us win.' As a coach, my hands are really tied. I got to believe in my players. If they see I'm calm, they'll believe I trust them, which I do.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Calm
Tied
Teammates
Coach
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There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Basketball
Be Patient
Detroit
Indiana
Miami
Opponents
Patient
Realistic
Team
Years
Conference
Season
Teams
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The ball touched the paint a lot of times. When we talk about touching the paint, the ball touches the key for making a layup or making a play for a teammate. We've got to use our length and our speed. Defensively, getting deflections. Give up one shot and rebound.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Length
Paint
Rebound
Speed
Teammate
Touched
Defensively
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As a player, I can tell them they don't want to rush to become a coach, because there is a lot that goes on. This is all something new to me. You can talk to a lot of the coaches... and they can tell you. Until you go through it, then you can understand what it's all about.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Something New
Coach
Rush
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As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Coach
Dictate
Young Players
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I've always respected Coach Frank. I kind of publicly recruited him because I really need him and want him. I'm kind of the college recruiter now because he brings a lot to the table. He's had success here and understands the good and the bad, so I'm recruiting him to join my staff.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Frank
Staff
Success Good Always
Brings
Coach
Success Good Bad
Join
Publicly
Recruiting
Understands
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I talked to Grant Hill, and I told him, 'I played against you a lot, and now, hopefully, I'm getting to coach a player like you. Jabari has the opportunity to be a special player in this league. But it's not handed to you. He's going to work, and our jobs are to make him better each day.'
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Each Day
League
Work Opportunity Better
Coach
Grant
Handed
Talked
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You talk about Shaq, I would put Tim Duncan in that same category. Mr. Fundamental, just kept things simple. He is a great teammate, a great player, and a great person. When you have those ingredients in a champion, you just want to be a part of that and have an opportunity to play with him.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Opportunity
Champion
Great Person
Ingredients
Player
Simple
Teammate
Talk
Category
Mr
Fundamental
Tim
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I wanted to go to San Antonio. I told them I was coming. I had to tell them that I was changing my mind and staying with the Nets. It was a day later when I had to tell them, but when I got back to Jersey, when I started thinking about the process, I felt a little more comfortable staying home.
Jason Kidd / Basketball Player
Jersey
San Antonio
Staying
Nets
San
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