Top 35 Chauncey Billups Quotes

I can do a lot more by shooting from outside, score inside, penetrate, and make opportunities for others.

I’m obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I’m a conscious citizen.

There is a good and a bad way to handle everything.

As I have conveyed before, ultimately I would like to lead a team’s basketball operation and be a part of a successful franchise.

I got ‘Smooth’ when I was growing up. I got ‘Bigshot’ playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me ‘Smooth.’

The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process.

I love my life. I love this ESPN thing; it’s been fun.

That’s kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure.

Not that I shouldn’t have been traded – everyone gets traded at some point. But the way that it went down wasn’t justifiable.

My first couple of years in the league left me very unstable. I had some times where I played well, and I had some times were I really did not get the opportunity. After Rick Pitino gave up on me my first year, people were like, ‘He can’t play.’ So I had to get over that hump.

I can remember me and my cousin always fighting. He was a big Bulls and Michael Jordan guy.

It wasn’t that I knew Kyrie wanted to be traded or not, or him and LeBron had a beef. I don’t know any of those things.

Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that’s when you kind of know it’s that time.

In any rebuilding process, I feel like there’s probably going to be two or three coaches.

I have great respect for Dan Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and I greatly appreciate the discussions we had regarding their organization.

Magic was always my favorite. I think Jordan was the best player ever, but Magic was my personal favorite.

My game is – and I’m not saying I’m slow or anything like that, but my game is mental. My game is shooting; my game is efficiency. If I’m healthy, I feel like I can be effective for a long time.

I’m thinking about being the best I can be at ESPN in the studio.

If you give him a 3-point shot, you might as well count it. I’d rather have Steph Curry beat me 14 points and 14 assists than let him get 40. Because his 40 is just so loud. And it’s because of those 3s.

I wanted to be one of the best players of my era at my position. And I did that, and I earned that. No one gave that to me. I earned every single thing.

I always wanted to retire a Piston anyway. That’s where I stayed the longest and had most of my success. I always wanted to be remembered as a Piston.

I think the most important position in the league now is the point guard.

I’ve accomplished everything I tried to accomplish in basketball.

I played football first. I love football. I’m a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in the offseason, I started playing basketball, and I just fell in love with the game. I’ve been playing basketball ever since 5th grade.

We don’t just hop out of bed, scratch our eyes, and become an NBA baller. It’s a process. It’s a tough grind that you have to go through that people don’t understand.

Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.

I’m the kind of guy who has to be two feet in if I am going to give my best effort, so broadcasting is something I’m looking at long-term.

The kind of leader and teammate that I was, at every stop I made, I was always honest with guys and honest with myself. I think that was the reason I grew to have the reputation I had in the league.

I got into a lot of fights, but it wasn’t because of my name. Being from the neighborhood with a name like Chauncey, people think I got picked on. But a lot of strange names come out of the neighborhood.

I drive a Range Rover almost every day, but my favorite is my ’69 SS Camaro.

The confidence level that Steph is playing with now, obviously, you won’t totally stop him. If I’m playing against him right now, I think I’d try to pick him up full court, get the ball out of his hands, try to be a little physical.

Anytime you can grace the cover of any videogame, that means that you’re on that level. That you’re one of the best.

Everybody has their own desires.

People only see you on TV and riding around like stars, but they don’t see behind the scenes how much time you have to put in working out. The lifting, the eating habits, trying to change all that so you can be that guy on TV, to be a baller, that’s what people don’t understand.

A lot of time, you play well and you do good work, but you are not on a good team, so it really doesn’t mean anything.