Top 50 Chris Mullin Quotes

I just want to be part of a team and get a chance to play a lot.

I’m not one of those one-man-gang type of players. I’m a guy who has to rely on his teammates, to play within the team structure.

An opportunity to help a team to a championship would be very appealing.

Forget about what happened in the past. The past is the past. Who cares? Time heals things.

I would have liked to play in New York and be close to my family and friends, but since there is nothing I can do about it, I really don’t care where I go.

I like to take the floor apart mentally. I like to visualize an opponent going for you.

When you pass laterally, you screen away.

I don’t know if people understand – losing is tough.

My four years in college, I cherished very much the opportunity to be able to stay at home.

When you have the smaller guards – whether it be 6 feet, 6-2, 6-1, or under – they’re the most energetic, and they set the pace, whether it be shoot-around, practice, and in the game.

I have family and friends who are policemen and are close to my heart.

I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn.

I learned that struggle was part of life.

Obviously, cancer has affected my life, mostly everyone in the world in some level.

Whatever you wind up doing in life, things aren’t handed to you.

I think it’s really important to have a vision of teamwork, team play, and unselfishness.

Sometimes a player can look like a million bucks on tape, but in real life, the kid can’t play a lick.

In life, you always look at the total picture, not just a segment of it.

Life is so fragile.

I always have a need to win.

I liked living with my brothers. It was cozy.

I’m a Warrior. That’s who I am.

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team.

I just always loved the game and really loved playing the game.

So many things in sports are out of your control, so I really don’t look too far ahead.

New York – to me, it’s the greatest city in the world, and it’s got the most genuine people.

I’ve got nothing but gratitude for everyone who ever helped me.

The one thing I’m good at is taking things day by day.

The basketball experience that I have, you can use in different areas, but coaching itself, you have to go out there and learn on the fly.

Jay Wright is class personified. He wins with class, loses with dignity when he does, which is not often.

I don’t really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It’s basketball. It’s fundamentals and defense and shooting – they’re all the same.

I’m not going to jump over or muscle people. That’s the way I’ve always played, the only way I know.

St. John’s University has meant so much to me and my family.

I’ve always found myself watching the NBA game more, even when I was coaching college. So I’ll probably gravitate toward doing something in the NBA.

If you asked a baseball pitcher from the ’50s what a middle reliever was, he’d laugh at you. In the ’50s, everyone pitched complete games.

As for my speed, I’m not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.

It’s pretty well documented that Coach Nelson has had a big impact on my life.

Shooting is a skill you can develop. It’s repetition and confidence.

I always hate to pre-judge people. I like to find out for myself.

The past four years at St. John’s University have been one of the most thrilling and challenging points of my career.

What you do is build your team around your core. Some teams have one main guy – not many, but some do – and you build around that. If you have a bunch of good players, that’s another way to go about it – through depth, teamwork, defense, and fundamentals.

I will always support St. John’s University in keeping our basketball tradition alive!

It’s important to have an imagination.

When you play injured, you’re still judged like you’re 100 percent. You know you can’t do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

There’s not a lot I haven’t done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

I don’t come in and break TVs when we lose.

If you’re going to preach dedication, work ethic, teamwork, unselfishness, and being part of a team to accomplish a common goal, you have to live it – you can’t just talk about it.

The game changes when you play good defense and don’t come up with the ball.

The very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

I’d like to teach my players how to play and not just run plays.