Top 66 Shaun Livingston Quotes

I played with the Clippers when Golden State really wasn’t cracking like that and Oracle Arena was still jumping.

The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player because you gotta earn your respect first of all the old guys, all the old heads. You gotta command where to go, know the plays.

Even if it’s just two shots, I just want to see the ball go in the hole. That gives me the confidence to know I can make shots when I’m called upon in a playoff type of situation.

Everybody has their own path and I believe everything happens for a reason and you kind of just rock with it.

I always thought I would have a good feel in the basketball office.

God created us equal. Money and talent might be seen as setting us apart. But underneath, we’re all the same.

I want to show my team I’m for the team. I want them to see I’m in it for them, not for me.

When you’re in the right system, right fit and you got the right structure, it’s easy to see certain players blossom. That was a key for me.

With my time in the league, what I will be most proud of is the fact that my character, values and faith were tested, and I persevered.

I think I can help push the tempo just a little bit… I feel I can get the ball after a rebound. Push the fastbreak. Push the tempo. Get guys some easy shots.

I thought about possibly being in the front office, being on the management side of things like a GM one day.

The Bay Area for me has provided the most stability and it’s definitely provided life-changing opportunities for myself, for my family, so I’m incredibly grateful for all that’s gone on these past five years.

Any time you sit out, it could throw off your rhythm a little bit, and I’m kind of a rhythm player.

As long as we get the win, that’s what I’m about.

I’m really into kind of a ‘Sixth Sense’ type of movie – mysteries, thrillers a little bit.

Here I am, playing with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd is my coach, I’m in Brooklyn, New York, they lobbied for me to be here… Regardless of my circumstances, I’m here.

I’m taking care of my body, getting my treatment, I’m in the weight room… I’m doing everything I can to stay healthy, and hopefully the genetics kind of take over from there.

You may have good days, there may be more bad days than good days, but on the good days you have to push yourself, get the most out of it as you can.

I’m not necessarily a ‘rah rah’ guy. I’m not the guy speaking out with everybody watching.

I like autobiographies. I wouldn’t mind making one of those.

I like putting things together. The long game. Strategizing. Being able to mix and match personalities of guys.

I am a man of faith and faith is not always supposed to happen and what you see, sometimes it’s just walking that path.

There are times in the game when you have lapses. It just means you’re not as locked in as when you first get in or at the end of the game.

Being 6’7′ as a point guard and playing with Sam Cassell and Cuttino Mobley on the Clippers really helped refine my post game and play with my back to the basket.

It’s important for kids to know they can be themselves, and that it’s OK to have dreams and goals they love and that may not be cool or popular to other kids.

I’m just trying to find the fountain of youth. I’m trying to find some drops and sprinkle it in there. I’ll find the well.

My form is improved and I’m just continuing to improve. I want to come back as a shooter. A knockdown shooter.

If you don’t go through life making excuses, you save yourself, your friends, and parents a lot of trouble.

Dub Nation has been everything to me… Just the way that Warriors fans have embraced me – I want to send a thank you to all you out there for all the support, for real.

I’m not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it – wanting to use my influence and resources to help different communities.

When I got into the league, guys didn’t expect me to be as quick and fast as I was. I think it was myself holding myself back.

Growing up watching the league, Allen Iverson was my favorite player. But once I got here, Steve Nash instantly became my favorite.

There were some great veterans who I learned so much from and who helped make me the best I could be as a player.

I haven’t been as healthy as I’d like or as spry as I’d like. But it’s all relative to the sport. So I’m just enjoying the process, really. It’s been ups and downs obviously and frustrating times. I know that’s the beauty and the struggle.

Being on the court you can really negate your athletic ability by just being in the right position.

I’m only 27 but still I’ve had a lot of experience just playing with different teams, different coaches, different players.

Eleven years in the league, I haven’t had a dirty play. I haven’t made a name in this league by playing that way.

I’m a believer in God, I’m a believer that he puts us where he wants us to be.

As a youngster, I got so much attention because I was ahead of the other kids – even when I was eight, nine years old. But I never was really seeking attention, so I didn’t care about scoring 30, 40 points.

I’m hardest on myself. I’m my biggest critic. I ended up hurting myself a lot by doing that.

The organizations that I’ve worked with, whether I have gotten cut or whether I have excelled, the always communicated with me honestly and openly. The ones that weren’t so good, the communication was iffy.

Once you go through something and come out of the storm, you’ve been tested.

I’m going to do everything I’m supposed to do – except roommates. No roommates. I quietly paid for my own room on the road. I didn’t want to tell anyone.

Peoria has been near and dear in my heart. It’s been with me wherever I’ve been. I always have wanted to give back and touch the city in some way.

We all have those friends that tick to their drum, and you don’t want them to tick to anybody else’s drum.

The opportunity to play for Duke University is great, and that’s the reason I chose the school.

If I’m healthy and having fun, then I want to play.

I’ve always wanted grandpa to be proud of me, and I want him to see me play in the NBA.

The better I feel about my body, the better I feel about my game.

I was kind of advanced for my age, just because I started early, when I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. And my dad always had me playing with older groups.

When you look at older teams in the finals, Miami and San Antonio, they’re not really the most explosive or athletic team but they’re always in the right position defensively.

Taking care of yourself turns into a lifestyle after you’re done playing. So you don’t just fall off the wagon.

I was struggling, and I was struggling mentally more than anything, and that will carry over to the games.

There’s no way I can go back and uninjure myself.

I just always had a knack for handling and passing the rock and making things happen.

Sure, there were always questions that lingered, the ‘What ifs?’ You wondered what might have been if not for the injury? What would my career have looked like and turned out to be? But I had to put my head down and put it behind me.

I can not express more the importance of treating your teammates, opponents and coaches with the utmost respect.

Coach Dunleavy has done a great job of humbling me, letting me go out there and make mistakes and I’ve got a great feel for the game right now.

The advice I would’ve given my younger self is, ‘Be patient; just hold on.’

I was kind of an early bloomer. I played all the time, practiced all the time. So it just became habits, really.

I got a temper. But part of my role is to steady the ship. That’s just to try to control your emotions.

I’m a walking testimony, a product of all the people in my life and my faith.

It’s just kind of ironic with how I came into the NBA with all the expectations. You would’ve thought coming in the way I did that my career would last long. You’d think I’d have my more peak years in the beginning or middle. Mine just came a little later.

That’s what I was trying to do: be a reliable guy, dependable guy you know wasn’t going to make a lot of mistakes. Maybe not high-ceiling, high-reward, but low-risk.

That kind of always been apart of my personality, just mild-mannered, poised, trying to keep my poise. Doesn’t always work out that way but I try when I’m on the court to stabilize things.