You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When you're smaller, you kind of learn how to do other things. You have to work a little bit harder. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I think that's the biggest thing in this sport is when you prepare, you have extra confidence. — C. J. McCollum Confidence Copy Share Image
For me, understanding your heritage and wanting to leave a legacy was always important to me. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Preparation is everything. You don't like being interviewed by someone who hasn't done their research. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
You get better by playing, honestly. That's where you develop as a player is to play through mistakes in game action. — C. J. McCollum Action Copy Share Image
Over the course of my life, there have been so many people who have invested in me and provided me with opportunities… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
My mother, my father, my brother, they've done a tremendous job of preparing me and helping me get right in having confidence. — C. J. McCollum Brother Copy Share Image
A lot of people have compared being an NBA rookie to being a fraternity pledge. It's not really intense like that. It's… — C. J. McCollum Being Copy Share Image
If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Offensively, Lowry is a great catch-and-shoot player from deep, and he's very comfortable shooting the trey off the bounce in isolations and… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Life in the NBA can be one big constant distraction, especially when you're on the road. You're always moving from one place… — C. J. McCollum Distraction Copy Share Image
For me personally, I like a smooth pinot noir with a lot of cherry fruit flavor. In the proper mood, I like… — C. J. McCollum Earth Copy Share Image
I think you should look at it as a blessing that other people would think you're valuable enough to be mentioned in… — C. J. McCollum Blessing Copy Share Image
There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always… — C. J. McCollum Art Copy Share Image
People think because there's only 24 hours in a day, we're just supposed to play our sport and then go home and… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Being able to go to someone's house and have dinner with them and their family, being able to go see a movie… — C. J. McCollum Family Copy Share Image
Sometimes recruiters and scouts are missing on players. Going after the guys who are really hyped, five-star players and guys that are… — C. J. McCollum Football Copy Share Image
We need to play like somebody took our lunch money, like somebody disrespected your mother. I think that's the type of anger… — C. J. McCollum Aggression Copy Share Image
I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for… — C. J. McCollum Business Copy Share Image
Competitive people, especially in sports, want to learn about everything. So when you're interested in something, you become a bit obsessive. You… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I think, when you get to know somebody on a personal level were you truly understand what makes them tick, what they… — C. J. McCollum Family Copy Share Image
Everything in the NBA is sped up. Lanes close much faster than college. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When games get tight in the playoffs, especially in the Finals, there's no space. There's no clean looks. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
To graduate in four years as a student-athlete with no summer school is quite a feat. — C. J. McCollum Education Copy Share Image
When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about nothing I can't control. I can't control rumors. — C. J. McCollum Control Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to diversify my portfolio and put myself in a position so when I do retire, the options are limitless. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
I always say, it's not the shoes; it's the player. If you can hoop, you can hoop. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to win in this league. It's a process. — C. J. McCollum Education Copy Share Image
It's important that we take care of our future generations and expose them to some new things. — C. J. McCollum Care Copy Share Image
Growing up in the inner city, a lot of kids didn't think reading was cool. I'm trying to show them that it… — C. J. McCollum City Copy Share Image
Growing up I was a Cleveland Browns fan and my mood would change based on how they were playing. If they were… — C. J. McCollum Browns Copy Share Image
The intensity and importance of each possession. That's the thing about the NBA that doesn't always translate to television. — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When you're watching from the bench, you can pick up on everything - where guys like to shoot the ball from, how… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
Lowry is a pitbull. He's a gritty player who scores in a variety of ways, but he's also one of the few… — C. J. McCollum Football Copy Share Image
America certainly is a great country with plenty of freedoms, but there are a lot of systemic issues that need to change. — C. J. McCollum America Copy Share Image
When I think about defending Kyrie, I think about respect. His shooting percentages were close to 50/40/90 as a 19-year-old rookie. When… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
