Alex Caruso Quotes

Alex Caruso

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : February 28, 1994

I compete at a high level.

Alex Caruso

Texas and Florida - they can kind of be their own countries at times. Some people just like to do their own thing.

Alex Caruso

I'm going to try and keep getting better and better and better and part of that is being aggressive to score and a lot of times that will set up my pass and good opportunities for my teammates.

Alex Caruso

I need financial security for me, for my people.

Alex Caruso

Hearing the national anthem with U.S.A. across your chest is something I never really imagined me being able to do.

Alex Caruso

I just try to go out there and play winning basketball. It's what I've done my entire life.

Alex Caruso

At the end of the day, you gotta show up and do your job.

Alex Caruso

Jump rope is more of an aerobic workout than just straight running.

Alex Caruso

I have a competitive edge in me where I get more mad when my guy scores than I do if I were to score 20. I find more joy out of frustrating the other team.

Alex Caruso

There are a lot of good defenders in the league.

Alex Caruso

I've always been I'd rather finish games than start games.

Alex Caruso

I always just play to win and if stuff comes with it, stuff comes with it.

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I watch a lot of old basketball highlights and basketball games.

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Sometimes the ball just doesn't go in.

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I've always been team first trying to win games. If that's me starting basketball games then that's what we'll do. If that's me coming off the bench, that's fine, too.

Alex Caruso

On game days I'll shower anywhere from three to four times a day, because that's how many times I workout and sweat. I'll workout three hours before the game, sweat, lift, and then stop sweating, and I'm not gonna sit around for two hours and be nasty and then try to play a game.

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It's been the story of my career. No matter what level I'm at, the more time I have on the court, the better I've gotten.

Alex Caruso

The stuff that I do is not always glamorous. It doesn't always get highlighted.

Alex Caruso

Every time I get a matchup with a guy, it just adds to the amount of reps I have guarding him and the amount of times I've seen them do their moves, get to their comfort spots, kind of see what they like to do. It's me adding stuff to the memory bank and what I know and how I can guard them better.

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You might have seen a dunk or two over the years... but the stuff I do is not sexy. It's the stuff that wins basketball games. That's what I love about it.

Alex Caruso