Joe Harris Quotes

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Joe Harris

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 6, 1991

Everybody's always asking me: 'What's it like playing with LeBron?' It's really hard to describe. I'm pretty fortunate that I got him my first year. He's an awesome guy, a great leader. You're witnessing such greatness all the time and you try not to take it for granted because you see it so often, in practice or wherever.

Joe Harris

I played football growing up so I used to lift quite a bit when I was in high school. And then I got to Virginia I was lucky, good strength and conditioning program and coach there.

Joe Harris

Obviously my role is shooter, trying to take my numbers to another level from that perspective.

Joe Harris

Some games you're going to be able to get rolling, you're going to get in a good rhythm, you're going to be able to get open looks. Other games, sometimes the rhythm's not there and you've got to get off it a little bit.

Joe Harris

The shots, all that stuff, kind of comes and goes. You're not going to be hitting every single game. You wish that you could. But there's a lot of other areas to impact the game where I focus more on.

Joe Harris

When you look across the board at the count of NBA quality players that are on various international teams in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia, there are good players all over the world now. It's just not in the NBA where America has the most talent.

Joe Harris

Whenever you play with better competition or play against better players, it raises your level of play on both ends of the court.

Joe Harris

You can play basketball - if you're lucky - for about 10 years. So, you're going to have to have something to fall back on.

Joe Harris

I loved going to a place like Virginia, making a connection and meeting the people that are outside of the whole basketball realm, and earning my degree from there.

Joe Harris

It was really important for me to get a degree that carried some weight, something that I really wanted to do.

Joe Harris

The decision of where I wanted to go to school was very important to me.

Joe Harris

I come from a town in Washington state that might not be too familiar to Clevelanders called Chelan. It's really beautiful. It's about two-and-a-half hours east of Seattle and two-and-a-half hours west of Spokane. It's right in the middle of the state.

Joe Harris

I grew up in kind of a resort community. I lived on a big lake. It was really cool growing up there. But a lot of people come there in the summertime, especially Seahawks guys.

Joe Harris

Coach Blatt is very, very knowledgeable about the game. And it just goes to show you that no matter where you're at, he knows as much about basketball as anyone. You learn a lot from him. And he's a very charming guy, very personable. He's pretty funny, too.

Joe Harris

I feel like I play with good poise and I know when to take my shot - and when I do, I have a lot of confidence.

Joe Harris

The way I play - I'm the guy moving, coming off screens, getting up and down the floor. I should be one of the better-conditioned athletes out there.

Joe Harris

The conditioning aspect of things is really important, obviously in basketball, and then specifically for players like me.

Joe Harris

Coming into my rookie year, I could kind of eat whatever I wanted - you're really not too concerned about it. But you don't realize that a pound here and there is really not a good thing. It's just basic physics: it's harder to move faster and jump higher when you weigh more.

Joe Harris

There's only so much you can do as far as individual skill work and conditioning on a bike. But you can't simulate playing in an actual game. And it can't satisfy the competitive itch you feel as a player.

Joe Harris

I don't really get recognized a whole lot. I blend in pretty well.

Joe Harris