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Football Quotes by David Lee

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Obviously, I'm very confident I can help a team win, and the quotes stress that confidence grows with experience and small adjustments. They add that moving from the bench to captain, taking pressure off teammates, and learning from each game builds experience, confidence, and the combativeness the league demands.

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I'm absolutely not a perfect player.

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Every coach needs talent to win.

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I'd like to lengthen out my jump shot to be a 3-point shooter.

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I think I can be a decent 3-point shooter.

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Obviously, I'm very confident I can help a team win.

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I was the last pick of the first round. I was the 17th guy on a 15-man roster.

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You could play 10 good games in a row and then you have one bad game and that's what people remember.

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When you're holding teams to one shot, I think it makes the other team frustrated.

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The most difficult thing about the NBA is consistency. It's easy to have a couple of good games.

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When you're hurt, I don't care how many games you sit and cheer for your teammates, you don't feel part of the…

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Those people who know basketball can appreciate what I bring every single night.

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I'm very, very confident I'll be able to help us win games when my number is called.

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The biggest thing mentally is I'm just always focused on when I get a chance to be out there to help us…

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I've been on bad teams, I've been on good teams - great teams even. And I ended my career as the first…

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My team is relying on me to produce and to night in and night out take care of the power forward spot.…

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I always look back as my time in New York as a great time in my life, get a start in the…

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When it's all said and done, people forget who was an All-Star what year or who finished where in the scoring race.…

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It's something that as you go on in your career you make little changes and little adjustments and that's part of the…

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Any young guy who comes into the league and says they don't have a certain level of selfishness probably isn't playing many…

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I think preseason is about getting better each game and executing what we've worked on in practice and being ready for opening…

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I think using San Antonio as a model, when you have those core guys together year in and year out, I think…

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I think oftentimes we make the game pretty complicated, thinking about how can I get up shots here and there and what…

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I didn't hit one three-pointer in college, and a couple of those were right on the college three line. I didn't feel…

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We were a 23-win team in Golden State, and Stephen Curry and I were the only ones from that team who would…

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I'm just happy I ended up in New York. It's funny because growing up, I used to play 'NBA Jam' all the…

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Every game I play, I get more experienced as well as feel more adjusted.

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All season long, it's sacrificing, not just me but other guys. That's what it takes to win a championship.

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After playing basketball all day, the last thing I want to do is come home and play a sports game.

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I gained a lot of respect for guys that are able to be able to be career guys at the end of…

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When you have player movement, ball movement, and everybody involved, it's going to make it easier for everyone on the floor.

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The Knicks need to do what's best for the Knicks, and David Lee needs to do what's best for David Lee.

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What it does - the rebounding on both ends - it sets the tone defensively.

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Ultimately, I got my chance in the NBA Finals, and got to help my team win an NBA Championship.

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It's not about numbers for me. It's about continuing to improve as a player, and doing everything I can to help my…

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Of course I want to play more. Everybody does. That's the combativeness you have to have.

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If I can take pressure off other guys, that's great. And if the fans like the way I play, that's even better.

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When you can protect your home court, that's one of the biggest things about making the playoffs.

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I'm going to play harder than the guy going against me, that's how I've always felt. That's the way I go out…

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The thing I want to continue to improve on is my defense. I've shown at times that I'm capable of doing a…

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You can't play the same way in five minutes, can't let the game come to you and settle in. You have to…

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It is tough to go out as a rookie and play every game perfect. It is tough to be consistent.

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To me, playing video games is a way for me to put my feet up and relax during the season.

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I was the last pick of the first round. I was the 17th guy on a 15-man roster.