Top 35 Mohamed Bamba Quotes

I have the natural ability to pick things up a lot faster than I think most people would.

Coach Smart, he’s given me so much freedom to sort of grow into who I was.

I’m going to be a guy who can defend a bunch of different positions.

I truly believe motivation is internal, but there are so many things that happen externally, and it’s hard to not pick that up as motivation.

I don’t really want to be cocky when I say this, but I really feel I can be one of the best rim protectors in the league, you know, as a rookie.

A lot of playcalls are for the corner 3. I thought that’s something I should really work on.

There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it’s hard to not have me on the court.

Don’t be one foot in and one foot out, especially coming up in New York. It’s so easy to lose sight of what you want to do and who you want to be.

I’m looking forward to playing against LeBron.

Rebounding in practice and rebounding in games are two completely different things.

The biggest misconception about my game is my love for it. This is what I want to do. I owe this thing my life. There’s no other way around it.

I want everything and anything I can get from this game. Because in reality, I owe this game my life.

A unicorn is a mythical creature that you’ve never seen before. And a unicorn player, he makes plays and does stuff you’ve never seen before.

Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.

One thing that drives me crazy is when people tell me that I sound good for an athlete. They be like, ‘You don’t sound like you from Harlem.’

I don’t want to take away from anything from my time at Texas. I think it was actually pretty darn special.

A 7-footer who hits a step-back jumper – that’s a pretty unicorn-like thing. Or someone who blocks a shot off the top of the backboard, pushes it in transition, and finds a shooter in the corner – that’s pretty unicorn-like.

There’s a rumor that my great-grandmother was 6’7”. I don’t know if it’s necessarily true, but that’s a big woman.

I honestly think, rebounding, it takes a couple of things to be a good rebounder… It takes motor. It takes effort. It takes a lot of things. It takes game reps.

I’d say the best thing my parents passed on to me was to let me make my own mistakes and figure out on my age how to kind of see the world on my own.

I’m really considering all the schools. It’s not fair for me to only look at certain… programs just because they had players that are at my stature.

With that corner 3, it’s the highest percentage shot in the game.

I love traveling. I love basketball.

What makes me unique is my ability to adapt to different situations and switch onto smaller guards and stay out there. Another component to being out there on the floor – and this is something that I learned as my college career went on – was staying on the floor, literally, comes down to not picking up fouls.

I want to put myself in the best position to stay out on the floor.

Anthony Davis’ lateral movement is one of a kind.

As much as I hate that it’s a business decision – like, I’m just picking a school – it really is a business decision. I really don’t see anything wrong with waiting it out.

I’m not a guy who is out there looking to get his game going or put up shots; I’m out there to win, and I don’t care if I’m playing three or 30 minutes.

Whenever I guard a guard, I don’t want to reach too much, but I will poke at the ball once to get him thinking.

Being told to get out, not being afraid to fail and try new things – that really makes a difference.

One of my goals is to be Defensive Player of the Year. One of my goals is to be Rookie of the Year. And one of my long-term goals is to be walking across that stage with a jacket on and a nice little patch on it that says ‘Hall of Fame.’

I don’t know why, but I don’t really get too nervous before games or practices or whatever.

As far as what teams need and what I need, I’m open to anything a team has to say about how they envision me in their future.

Chicago is a great city.

I need to improve on a lot of different areas. I need to improve on my timing on my shot-blocking, when to go, and when not to go. And there’s definitely always room for improvement on my shooting.