John Collins Quotes

John Collins

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : September 23, 1997

Everyone has a niche of dunks that they are experts at.

John Collins

If I can be smart off the court, then I have to believe that will bleed onto the court.

John Collins

I want to stay with the Hawks.

John Collins

The perfect weight for me is probably 230 to 235, so I can bang with those big fellas.

John Collins

It's crazy when you go back and look at it: playing 26 minutes a game, averaging 19 points and nine rebounds. That was a result of a lot of hard work.

John Collins

Not being in the dunk contest isn't going to stop me from dunking.

John Collins

Water is the most powerful thing in the world. Just being in it, around it, it gives me some sort of peace. Watching it, looking at it, I love it.

John Collins

For me, it's never really been a road block for me to shoot, it's just a matter of me continuing to shoot and shooting with confidence.

John Collins

A lot of tough stuff, tough breaks happen, but that's just the NBA. That's just the way it is.

John Collins

It knocks the rust off, going against a guy like Kevin Love.

John Collins

I'm comfortable being around the NBA lifestyle, the travel, the hotels, the pregame, everything.

John Collins

Happy to be a Hawk. Shows a lot of promise that the organization is willing to take the time to pick me.

John Collins

I'm not saying I'll be the next Tim Duncan. But it was about time for Wake Forest to produce another super productive big man.

John Collins

It's frustrating and difficult to go out there every night as an underdog, knowing you're probably going to lose, knowing you still have to play hard to prove yourself to your teammates, coaches and higher-ups that you're still valuable.

John Collins

Shooting the 3. Maybe drive and kick. Drive and get to the cup. Just being versatile. Being able to guard multiple positions on defense. Basically, be a mismatch problem and have coach give the confidence and say 'Yo, whatever the lineup is, whatever the game plans is, we keep John in and involved in the game.' That's my goal.

John Collins

Coming from a player who has already been on two rebuilding teams and now in my third year on a rebuilding team, it's like, what more can I say of how tired I am?

John Collins

I think I've always had the ability to shoot.

John Collins

I just felt like for everybody watching, my game is continuing to develop, continuing to grow. I just hope that's what people see.

John Collins

You sort of have that meditation, that happy place I go to in my brain. The happy place may be an island or something where I'm on the beach. Something like that where I can sort of at least try to escape and try to just release my mind into that place that I want to be in, into my relaxing place.

John Collins

I've always taken pride in trying to catch the ball.

John Collins