Alex Caruso Quotes

Alex Caruso

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : February 28, 1994

There's something about the end of the game that I love being a part of.

Alex Caruso

It's a blessing to play basketball, man.

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Toughness, to me, is just doing the right thing every time.

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It's special to win the Community Assist award because I've always been a person that said if I ever had a chance to give back, I was going to do it.

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I have a naive mindset where I always believe I am going to get the job done.

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I seem to be able to raise my game. I can't always do that if I'm the best player on the court. Luckily, I'm not going to be the best player on the court probably for the rest of my life.

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For me, coming from being undrafted and going through the G League, the fact that I just had fans that were excited to give me a name or celebrate some success? I was all for it.

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For me it's never been about starting, scoring points, coming off the bench.

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That's something I realized when I was on the championship team: you need that chemistry, you need that trust, you need that reliability for each other when you get in close games. To be able to win close games because you know what the other guys are going to bring and how they're going to step up in crunch time.

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I'm not shying away from showing my competitiveness and playing how I know how to play.

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I try to be smart and use the court to my advantage, know where I have help.

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Anytime LeBron is on your team, you're playing for a championship. It's not a secret. If he's on your team, it's pretty much like you go to the Finals and try to win a championship. If you don't win it, it's kind of a failure.

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Basketball for me is such a joy.

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Six minutes in the playoffs is more than six minutes in a regular-season game, just from intensity and schemes and having to play every possession like it's the last one, like it's the end of the world.

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Something you can control is your effort and your energy and playing defense. And for me that's always been a catalyst for my game, whether it's been getting a run through steal and getting a dunk on the other end or taking a charge or getting a deflection.

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Coming from a spot where I was undrafted and teams didn't think I was good enough to be in the league to being, in my eyes, one of the best defenders in the league, we'll see what other people think.

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I've been playing my whole life, I love the game, so I try not to think about being in the NBA or playing in Staples. I just play.

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I'm a 6-5, pretty athletic wing, point guard, and I can go up and hit layups.

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I'm a little naive when it comes to basketball and what I think I am capable of doing.

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I know that I can play basketball.

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