Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Al Horford - Page 2

What I've understood is that you have to put in the work, games need to be played, you have to do things the right way consistently.

With me, and people know this, since I've gotten to the league the first day I've always been about trying to help my team win, trying to play for my teammates. That's just the way that I am.

It makes me happy to know that I've been able to impact people's lives.

I always admired the Celtics from afar.

Concussions, you have to be really honest with yourself, and sometimes that's hard to do.

I'll continue to take what the defense gives me. That's the way that I've always played.

I feel like one of my strengths is passing.

I do realize that it's important to be a threat at the 3-point line.

Any time you can get easy baskets, it's a big deal.

My time in Boston was great.

There'd be days I was in the locker room with my dad doing media, and there'd be other days that I'd be with my mom in the press box and just kind of looking at stuff from that point of view. I'd see guys writing stories after the game and stuff like that. So it was cool to me to see both sides.

One of the things I'm most proud of in Atlanta is that I had a great relationship with our fans and I think they knew what I was all about. They respected me, showed me nothing but love.

As athletes, we're always trained to play through stuff. And I've played through all types of injuries - ankle sprains, shoulder, whatever - and with the brain it's just different.

I'm very appreciative to the people of Atlanta, forever.

I was in Atlanta for nine years and we never got to play on Christmas Day.

The way I've always approached it is if we're winning and people want to talk about me, it's fine. If we're losing, then you really get on me, and I'll definitely try to be better to help us win. But I'm fine with it, as long as we're winning and we're playing good basketball.

The regular season, it's kind of like a rehearsal. That's the way I look at it.

I'm committed to giving back to the community and will continue to do whatever I can to help people in need.

I think that in Atlanta I was hoping that things would have worked out. Once I saw that things weren't going to work out, I saw what was going to be the best situation for me to try to win an NBA championship.

Sometimes I feel like I have a good shot, and then I see somebody that has a better shot.

It's good to have expectations, I believe. You want to come out and you want to compete. You want to do special things.

I feel like you always learn different things from different teams.

I've been lucky enough to always recognize to leave stuff on the court, on the court.

Everybody has their opinion. I respect anything that anybody has to say.

I gave everything I had - on the floor, trying to be the best leader that I could, trying to help the guys as much as I could, putting in the extra work.

Being a presence on the defensive end, I know that's important to me, I have to establish that.

Basketball in Latin America is growing a lot and it's being seen with the quantity of players in the NBA.

It's a blessing to be an NBA player and to be in a position to help other people.

It's been important for me to realize that, in every experience, I feel like I can learn something, grow and get stronger.

I think the international players, in general, show how basketball is global now. There are players from all the countries.

It's the Playoffs. This is what you play for.

Atlanta is a city that welcomed me from the first day.

When I went up there it was with one goal was to win a championship. Obviously that didn't happen but I don't have one bad thing to say about my time in Boston.

Parents are sometimes a little more passionate about their sons and daughters.

I'm just very happy that the Celtics really take the time and they consider us not only as players, but as people, and people that have families.

I don't have a problem with anybody. Until I get on the court.

There are some games where I will look to be more aggressive and score more, and then there are games that I want to be more of a playmaker.

My family's very important to me.

Because of my dad, I started playing the game. Seeing him motivated me to play. He's been an important part of my life.

Oh, I'm sure there's definitely people that don't like me.