Al Horford Quotes

Al Horford

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : June 3, 1986

I feel like one of my strengths is passing.

Al Horford

I like to think of myself as detail-oriented.

Al Horford

A lot of the books I read are in Spanish. There's this great author, Garcia Marquez.

Al Horford

I think the international players, in general, show how basketball is global now. There are players from all the countries.

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For me, I'm very happy in Atlanta.

Al Horford

For a number of years, I wasn't consuming any dairy and suffered some injuries. At the time, I wasn't taking advantage of a wholesome diet with dairy and cheese and milk. Once I started implementing the dairy, including chocolate milk, I started to feel the difference.

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As athletes, we're always trained to play through stuff. And I've played through all types of injuries - ankle sprains, shoulder, whatever - and with the brain it's just different.

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Everybody has their opinion. I respect anything that anybody has to say.

Al Horford

There'd be days I was in the locker room with my dad doing media, and there'd be other days that I'd be with my mom in the press box and just kind of looking at stuff from that point of view. I'd see guys writing stories after the game and stuff like that. So it was cool to me to see both sides.

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The way I've always approached it is if we're winning and people want to talk about me, it's fine. If we're losing, then you really get on me, and I'll definitely try to be better to help us win. But I'm fine with it, as long as we're winning and we're playing good basketball.

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I've been lucky enough to always recognize to leave stuff on the court, on the court.

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On a typical gameday I eat pasta, salad and drink lots of water.

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You don't make it to the Final Four two years in a row by mistake.

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I'm an awesome ping pong player.

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I try to bring the same energy every game.

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I don't have a problem with anybody. Until I get on the court.

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There are some games where I will look to be more aggressive and score more, and then there are games that I want to be more of a playmaker.

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I try to be a team guy and I try to help the team in whatever way that I can.

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I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

Al Horford

It just depends on what's asked of me, but normally I'm looking to make the right, easy play. So if I can get a teammate a layup, if I can get him an open shot, I just think that gets the ball moving and I feel like it makes everybody feel good and we get into a better offensive rhythm.

Al Horford