Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Channing Frye

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American basketball player Channing Frye.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Channing Frye

Channing Thomas Frye is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward-center, he played college basketball for the University of Arizona. He was drafted eighth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 NBA draft, and was the first college senior to be selected in that draft. He also played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers, winning an NBA Championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.

To be 29 and have a heart issue is very rare. Other than that, I had a clean bill of health.
I've never complained about coming off the bench, not playing or not playing a lot.
Something I've come to really admire about Kyrie is that he's always computing out there - he's logging everything that happens, and since nobody can guard him, that's scary to think about.
Sometimes we players don't appreciate the little things. — © Channing Frye
Sometimes we players don't appreciate the little things.
If you have guys where they don't know what their job is every night, then you start seeing guys, they don't give each other high-fives. They don't communicate when there are miscues. They just kind of look at each other and try to blame each other.
Everyone knows I love a good fart joke!
I'm pretty comfortable with any situation.
To the fans of Cleveland: I want to say thank you, number one. You all understand that it's deeper than just a game.
When I go with my friends who aren't into wine, I love to introduce them to my area of expertise. That's what's exciting about wine in its truest form - you want to share your love of what you're sharing.
When I was on the Knicks, and I'd have a drink - my drink would be either a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned - businessmen would be drinking only wine. As I continued to go to business dinners with successful businessmen, my drink has now also turned into wine.
You can't play scared.
When I got to the NBA, that first Knicks group was pretty dysfunctional. But it was on me, too. I didn't understand the game as much as I should have. I should have watched more film. Instead of thinking of the team, I was thinking about me. That Knicks team went 23-59.
People need to hear that it doesn't matter if you have everything, you still go through life with your struggles.
I don't have any fear. I'm not scared to push myself and run and play and get my heart rate up. — © Channing Frye
I don't have any fear. I'm not scared to push myself and run and play and get my heart rate up.
When you do something that's a labor of love, where you care about the customers' trust and putting a product that's A1 out there, you will be successful, you just have to be patient.
Wine culture is very white. It's a fact. When you look at it from a cultural standpoint, you're missing out on so many different cultural influences in America.
You have to be somewhere you're wanted.
What you're getting on Twitter is me sitting on a bench, just with a lot less cuss words. Honestly.
Steph is a Hall of Famer, is a multiple champion, best shooter of all time.
I was a great teammate and I love all my teammates, and then No. 2 is I'm a champion. So I don't care if anyone says I suck, because I don't.
Do I want to play basketball? You bet your dollar I do. At the same time, I have no control over what my body does. I can just give myself the best opportunity. That's the best attitude I can take.
Bron gave me a pair of his LeBron 1s in my size, the original Air Zoom Generation ones. My favorites are Jordan 1s, 11s and any kind of Air Maxes.
In high school, I had size and I had raw potential, but as a basketball player I was hot garbage.
Luka, he's good.
Growing up, I wasn't the best player - Richard Jefferson, whom I've known since I was 14, will gladly vouch for that, and often does.
I never asked another player for their shoes, it's a little weird.
I grew up a Suns fan, I grew up a guy just wishing I could - I remember sitting up there in high seats with my parents, just watching the game.
I want people to not look at NBA players as basketball players who love wine. I want them to really look at us as people who may have access to different wines but are as passionate as them. We love wine. We love the culture, we love being able to open a bottle, we love the excitement of hearing if you love it.
I like drinking wine. Since I travel a lot in the league, I like to sit down with my wife and have a meal and share a glass of wine. We're exhausted, especially when our kids are acting crazy, but that cheers, that connection, is what wine is for my family and my friends. It's a part of who we are.
I like Damian Lillard because he's done more with less than Steph.
When you have a mix of culture, talent and discipline, wins are going to start happening.
I had a heart issue, and a lot of it was caused by stress and anxiety. I know that my father had really high anxiety too.
I have no problem being wrong. I love it when somebody goes 'Channing you're wrong.'
If I'm a coach, let me be a coach, you know?
My dad was an old school guy, but my mom was very much like 'you feel what you need to feel.'
The Warriors getting Kevin Durant, yes you won championships, which I guess is all that matters, I think at the end, and I'm just saying this as someone from the outside, it almost looks like it diminishes everything that was accomplished before him. It takes the allure of the Warriors away.
I'm a 120-over-78 blood pressure guy.
I learned that I love basketball, but I love my family more.
Everybody wants to be the hero but sometimes the hero is the guy who isn't seen as much, who is doing stuff on the sidelines and being professional. — © Channing Frye
Everybody wants to be the hero but sometimes the hero is the guy who isn't seen as much, who is doing stuff on the sidelines and being professional.
What I've learned is that you forget that it's not only a blessing to play this game, but it's an opportunity.
I've been through everything in my career.
If I break your ankles you need to be over here with me... retired.
I love Phoenix, and I just felt like it wasn't the right situation for me anymore, and that's nothing to say anything against the city or the fans or even the players on the team. I just didn't agree with the direction that they wanted to take the team.
You never hear me complain about playing time, shots.
I love using my Coravin Model Six at home to just give a glass of wine to my friends and family without having to commit to the whole bottle. It's perfect when everyone wants something different. I also love being able to try a glass of a bottle I've always been wanting to see if it's ready to drink.
Before every game, I have this 30-second routine where I'll pretend like I'm doing some stupid stretch, but what I am really doing is just closing my eyes and taking in the moment, imagining every arena and every city I've been in, smelling all the smells, seeing all the fans.
I think that's what being a good teammate is, and I think that's what creates a good environment for the locker room. I think if guys are connected, it's easier to know where they're coming from when they get upset or they're down on themselves.
I don't mind arguing back and forth with people who have actual information.
I think chemistry matters 100 percent. Because if guys want to play unselfish, if guys want to do things for each other, if they want to win the right way, you're going to play the right way.
In the early '90s, my parents weren't really drinking wine. They had a bottle or two laying around, but it had been a stigma where a bottle of wine had to be for a super special occasion. A bottle of wine had to go with a steak. And it was this thing that seemed so distant.
I think people need to chill out on young guys and really let them develop. — © Channing Frye
I think people need to chill out on young guys and really let them develop.
For a guy like Kevin Love who has everything - he has Banana Republic, he's an underwear model, sports body model, this guy's all-everything - for him to say, 'Hey, I go through like all these things like everyone else,' I think it allows for people to relate to him more. I think it's good.
A big thing with the heart issue is you can't be up in here being stressed and having a lot of anxiety, so I had to do a lot of soul searching about how, 'Why do certain things make me upset?' and being more honest with myself. It's actually made my marriage awesome, it's made my friendships better.
When I deal with my son, my wife and I definitely take the time to make sure that he feels comfortable in every situation. The communication needs to be there. I think my wife has done a great job at really getting good at being able to communicate with our children.
Some guys don't find their niche until they've been on two or three different teams. It's going to happen.
Vulnerability is tough, especially being a man.
Listen, I'm a super happy guy. But some days on the court - to be honest - I just didn't have it emotionally. There was nothing in my tank.
With all these ups and downs, if you can stay steady through those emotions, it'll help you out a lot.
Anything that has to do with the heart is scary.
I put a lot of pressure on myself to play a certain way.
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