Carmelo Anthony Quotes (80 Quotes)

Tonight we stuck to our game plan which was to get out in the open court. We just needed to get back to playing basketball and having fun.

This one hurts worse than the other two. We have issues. I saw guys who did not want to be here and play in this game. We did not play playoff basketball in this series.

We knew they were going to make a run, we weren't going to be able to keep a (big) lead on them. They made a run, they made a big run in the third, but we kept our composure.

That was a good block, good defense. He was doing that all night. Actually, he's been doing that all year.

I wasn't going to miss no time, not in a game like that.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

I didn't get hit in my nose, more around my eye, and across the bridge of my nose. I didn't feel it in my nose, I felt it in my forehead.

To see anybody mess up their knee like that is real tough. I think, not just me, but a lot of people, will have to step up.

George, for the last two days, was stressing the fact that, if the playoffs started tomorrow, (Memphis) would be the team we'd be playing against. I think we wanted to make a statement that if we play y'all in the playoffs, this is what y'all are going to see.

It was my group, his group, going back and forth for a long period of time. The opportunity was there and I couldn't let it slip out of my hands to be involved in something like this.

If we win playing ugly ball, we'll take it.

We match up with them pretty good, despite how the record turned out when we played them throughout the season. I look forward to playing the Clippers. Playoff basketball is a lot of excitement. It's going to be fun, especially in L. A.

You saw us playing the way we have to play down the stretch. The way we must play the rest of the way.

Every time we play San Antonio, it's always going to be tough. They send two or three people at me. . . . I knew my shot wasn't going down from the outside. I just tried to keep going to the hole and get some fouls.

We still got a great chance to make this road trip real special. Finish a road trip like this 5-2 is a real good road trip for us.

(The loss) was a wake-up call for us. We can't take nothing for granted right now. These last 10 games, I think you'll see a better focus from the team.

I can't worry that we didn't get him. It was rumors all along.

We have to keep shooting. We had our bad shooting game out there tonight. So we are bound to have a good shooting night.

I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.

I made a promise to him that in '06 I would come back (to the gym) at night. I've got to keep that promise.

I feel like it's a fresh start for me. I'm feeling better than I ever felt. I feel better than even in high school or college.

Everybody knows what he's capable of doing. Just getting him back, that is something we've been missing the last couple of weeks. Getting him back should be big.

I live for stuff like that, getting the ball in the last seconds. Whether I make the shot or miss it, I would rather put that pressure on me.

Regardless of who it was, I was going to the hole. They weren't going to stop me that time. I was either going to get a foul or a dunk.

We knew they were going to make a run but we kept our composure and finished off the game. It was a great game out there.

I take this as motivation. It's nothing to be upset about. I can't take away and nobody else can take away what I've done this season.

Every night for the last week and a half has been tough. We wait for the last 12 to 15 minutes of the game to try and battle back, but by that time it's too late.

When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something that's different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different.

He's been a big influence. He's got a lot of knowledge.

They've had our number for the last year and a half. They're probably the only team that has our number. I don't believe I'm saying this but it's true.

We've got to figure it out. Any time we miss a key component to our team like that, out for a lot of games, and he comes back, it's going to be rusty.

I hope so. I'm just going to wait and see. I feel comfortable. . . . But there are lot of forwards in the West doing really good.

Our team needed me out there to get some things done on the offensive end and the defensive end. At halftime, I just told (the team) it's time for me to wake up.

Last year's second-half stretch was incredible. Hopefully we can come together and do the same thing we did last year. I have confidence in me and my team to step it up.

I knew they were going to double- team, triple-team me. I was missing shots that I would never miss. Shots that I have to take. Shots around the basket. . . . That was their game plan. They want somebody else to beat them.

We're very confident. We have high expectations. Every time we play the Clippers, they are great at adjusting in the second half to what we are doing in the first half. They are also sending two or three people at me every time I touch the ball. That's a sign of respect. They try to mix it up. They play with my head a little.

I'm just playing my game and not worrying about who we're playing against. It's nice to come home and show the fans what we've been doing on the road. We've been playing well, especially the past eight games or so.

I took that as motivation. Anything that happens, I'll take it as motivation.

I couldn't sleep last night due to the pain. I tried to go out there and play tonight, but by the third quarter it started tightening up on me.

I don't think anybody knew or thought we would be where we're at in three years.

Of course it was a disappointment at first, having that as one of my goals at the beginning of the season. But at the end of the day you and everybody else knows how the West was.

I dont regret coming to college. I had a fun year. I had a great year on the court, and off the court at school.

We let three slip away. That's over. That's behind us. We know this is a new year. New goals. New attitudes.

Every kid has a dream of owning and driving a race car. I have always had a love for cars especially fast cars, and this is a dream come true. I'll stick to driving the basketball lane and let P. J. handle the fast lane.

I knew that we were down by 14 points and my team needed me out there. Halftime, I told them that it was time for me to wake up and go out there and win the game.

We have seven games on the road coming up. If we can win at least five of those games on this trip, it will define us as a team.

It's a great honor. It's a team thing. The team should have gotten Player of the Month.

For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing against. We kind of wanted to make a statement that if we play you in the playoffs, this is what you're going to see.

It was an ugly win, no doubt about it. But we just kept our composure. We wanted to play hard from beginning to end.

He's looking good - better than what I thought he (would) coming back from a broken hand. He's looking real good.