Chris Mullin Quotes

Chris Mullin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 30, 1963

I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.

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As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.

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A lot of things have happened that I wish I could have just walked away from. But you wind up saying, 'This is what it is - how does it get better, or how does it affect you, or how can you influence it in a positive way?'

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My four years in college, I cherished very much the opportunity to be able to stay at home.

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Ray Allen is one of the fittest guys in the league.

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Jay Wright is class personified. He wins with class, loses with dignity when he does, which is not often.

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New York - to me, it's the greatest city in the world, and it's got the most genuine people.

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I will always support St. John's University in keeping our basketball tradition alive!

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When I reach the line, I just know I'm going to dribble the ball twice, and when I shoot, I know it's going in. I get there and relax. I've put more in than I have missed, so in my head, I know they're going in.

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I liked living with my brothers. It was cozy.

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When you're a general manager, you don't get to see every single player, so you have to rely on your scouts.

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If there's a good player in New York City, he needs to come to St. John's if he wants to play the best basketball.

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For a while, I loved everything about it, every single aspect of what was supposed to be a job. The training - I loved to train. I loved the traveling. I dug being in the locker room. I didn't mind icing and heat. I dug it. It was like, 'Cool. I'd rather do this than anything.'

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So many things in sports are out of your control, so I really don't look too far ahead.

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I belong to the Flatbush Avenue Fishing Club.

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I think everyone would like to have that one guy who gets triple-teamed, and he throws it to an open guy, but there aren't many of those guys around.

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When you have the smaller guards - whether it be 6 feet, 6-2, 6-1, or under - they're the most energetic, and they set the pace, whether it be shoot-around, practice, and in the game.

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I always have a need to win.

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Obviously, cancer has affected my life, mostly everyone in the world in some level.

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I'm the only idiot the that decided to coach in my family.

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