Tim Hardaway Quotes (21 Quotes)


    I did everything I could to establish myself, but it just didn't work that way. I'm not angry about that.

    We've turned down a lot of teams. You have to have your business stuff together in order to make it work. You have to have a team that can play.

    When your team drops out, you make the ABA look bad.

    I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate them more than that.

    I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings.


    I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tried to believe in me, that I could go back and play. I can still play at 39.

    I wanted to do something in basketball-NBA or something like that. Being an assistant coach, GM, president, something like that.

    I'm happy Pat Riley is giving him a chance, that he didn't give me, to live his legacy out and play one more year. I'm waiting for that phone call just to do that.

    Your team has to understand that coming into the ABA, you have to have your investments right and sponsorships and people ready to give you money so they can back you up.

    The post-game concert series is a tremendous additional entertainment feature for Florida Pit Bulls games, ... It's something our fans can really look forward to. They'll see great basketball and a top notch live concert all in the same night, all for the price of one. You can't beat it.

    I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

    You've got to love the balance on that team. And everybody knows their role. That's what I'm talking about with the Heat last year. Everybody knew their roles and they played their roles.

    Our schedule is competitive and our games will be fast paced and exciting, ... We play each of our division rivals twice at home which will give the fans some familiarity with our rivals and lead to a great first season. Plus, all of our games besides Sunday games will start at 7pm - which I believe is the perfect start time for families to come out and enjoy the entire ABA entertainment experience.

    The team was right there. The chemistry was there, everybody was playing with a lot of confidence, and everybody knew what their roles were.

    You have to look at how chemistry develops.

    I'm going to learn a lot of coaching stuff and go from there. This is going to be a learning experience. Hopefully it will take me to the next level.

    I'm not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldn't go to any other team.

    I've always thought if it's not broke, why fix it?

    Everybody looks at his clothes to see what he's wearing.

    He's still intense. He's still wanting to win. You could tell that when he's on the court and talking and being active, making sure everybody knows what they're doing out there. He's the same old Pat to me.

    If the right people do the right things, we can walk, we can have a future. But if people don't put time into it to make it run in a right way, I don't think your team will work.


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