Mike Conley Jr. Quotes

Mike Conley Jr.

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : October 11, 1987

This is the pinnacle of the basketball world, you know, in the NBA you're playing against the best guys in the world, and best defensive players in the world, so you have to be able to outthink them and make the right decisions.

Mike Conley Jr.

We're looking at the court as X's and O's and plays that can happen, two three steps ahead of time. That's what the best point guards do. As you grow into a point guard that's what you learn, and eventually, you tend to grasp that.

Mike Conley Jr.

I'm not a guy that's going to be overbearing at all.

Mike Conley Jr.

I don't hunt shots.

Mike Conley Jr.

I like watching Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. I also like Mike Weir because he is a lefty like me. I like watching golf a lot.

Mike Conley Jr.

When you're done playing you want to leave a legacy.

Mike Conley Jr.

If you're not a scoring point guard, people don't think of you as highly. They don't think of you as the type that's going to make an impact in college because you're not trying to score 20 points a game. You're more trying to get 10 assists.

Mike Conley Jr.

My natural personality is more laid-back and not as aggressive.

Mike Conley Jr.

Coming out as a rookie, no. 4 draft pick, you expected to see some playing time.

Mike Conley Jr.

There's guys that don't need to play with the ball. Tony Allen doesn't need to have the ball to be effective.

Mike Conley Jr.

All my life I've been ranked lower than I thought I should be.

Mike Conley Jr.

Most of my family is from Arkansas on my Mom's side, and my Dad's family is from up north in Chicago.

Mike Conley Jr.

I just know when I'm tired, I can't act tired. If I'm sick or mad or upset we're in a slump, that doesn't mean I stop talking and stop getting in people's faces. I have to do it.

Mike Conley Jr.

Painting, one arm gets tired, I'll use the other one and be just as effective. So, yeah, I've always used both arms. I just like to be balanced in life, I guess. That's my little thing, my OCD, whatever it is.

Mike Conley Jr.

I hate the unknown.

Mike Conley Jr.

I think I probably had to have been two or three when I fell in love with anything that bounced - any kind of ball that bounced, I was running and screaming after it.

Mike Conley Jr.

Well, I think for everybody, Michael Jordan was the idol. He's one of my favorite players, but I had a few different guys I liked to watch, like Gary Payton and Isiah Thomas. Isiah was a guy I really loved to mimic my game after. There were a bunch of old-school guys I loved to watch.

Mike Conley Jr.

I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I like to go bowling, watch movies. I love going to the movies. I go to the movies in every city we go. And when I'm at home I play video games all day.

Mike Conley Jr.

I love horror movies. Any scary movie - if one comes out, I go see it, even if it's supposed to be bad. I want to get my own opinion of it.

Mike Conley Jr.

If I had a choice, I'd say I'm right-handed.

Mike Conley Jr.