Top 148 Quotes & Sayings by Iman Shumpert - Page 2

Having a routine makes for a better professional.

I think, a lot of times, the mistake in music - even rappers that are trying to be big time - if you're broke, rap about being broke. If you're sensitive, rap about being sensitive, 'cause there are other sensitive people. If you're sensitive, but you talk about being a tough person that doesn't care about anything, people will call your bluff.

Everyone will say something about confidence or something if you miss a couple shots. You've just got to keep shooting.

The NBA actually encourages balanced living. Realistically, basketball only takes up about six hours of your day before it becomes counterproductive.

I think early on in the league, my biggest problem was I tried to put out what I believe was an innocent fire because I felt it was a conflict with other stars.

My music, you know I'm not lying about anything, and the way you can tell is how in-depth I can get about everything I'm talking about.

I can go toe-to-toe with somebody with my shoes. But you can't do it with LeBron, 'cause what shoe does he not have?

You should dress so that somebody remembers you.

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

I was always growing, so it made no sense for my mom and dad to load me up with a bunch of clothes. But I hated coming to school and feeling like a girl could be like, 'Iman's probably gon' wear this today.' So I would always have to mix and match and find a way to look different. I took a lot of pride in that.

It doesn't matter what position they put me at; I've just got to make sure that I come out and play right.

I always liked crop tops after I saw it on 'Fresh Prince.'

As long as we win, I'm happy.

Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek a woman who understands and protects that with her life.

I like to paint pictures with words, 'cause I can't draw for anything.

My high threshold for pain will allow me to battle through pretty much anything if I find a way to run and slide.

To me, rapping is an art.

I don't think I have whatever that thing is that makes some athletes bad with money.

With Cleveland, I think they did a great job in knowing what their team needed, and when I came, I just did my job, and they fully embraced me.

Because of what I've saved, I don't really have a lot of worries about money.

As I go back and look at the film, if I look at my first year, every time I caught the ball, I was looking to do something.

Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don't play the starter minutes, when you don't play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform.

Since I entered the league, half of my checks have always gone into a separate account... I pride myself on doing that. I've done it no matter the size of my contract or salary.

I like art; if I could just draw pictures all day, I would, but I can't; I'm horrible. I practiced at it, still didn't get better - gave it up. I'm good with words, though, so I write music, poetry; sometimes I just journal in my phone.

I think when I started playing against some of the best guys on the AAU circuit, I started to look at myself and say, 'I am one of these guys.'

I can't begin to try to articulate the competitive nature I possess.

When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.

Love is one of the most powerful and most dangerous things I've ever encountered and, within the same breath, one of the most beautiful and relevant journeys of my life.

I've started most of the time I've been in a Knick jersey, so I just think they want me to bring a certain energy every night. They want me to bring that defensive presence because they know I can make something out of nothing on defense, and I think they just want me to bring that defensive presence every day.

I believe all men that are desired by masses of women due to looks, drive, and character are all more than likely to be seeing multiple women (Rightfully so if they are single).

I express myself through song when I can't let people in on my thoughts otherwise. I need the creative process.

I'm not making music to get played in a club.

Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and push through without making it worse.

I'd rather somebody expect a lot out of me than nothing at all.

I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write it down on my notepad in my iPhone.

The way I rap isn't about me boasting. Rarely will I do that.

Of course there's going to be times when I'm going to have to step up and knock down corner 3s, but I don't want to settle all the time.

I'm glad Phil Jackson got the rings for Chicago. You traded me away from New York, cool. It's all business; it's all love, whatever. But I'm a grownup now. You not my hero no more.

When I started in the league, I went to a tailor and told him I wanted long t-shirts. But they were like, "You know, you don't know what the trend is." I was like, "Look dog, I don't care about trends or your fashion sense. If I'm going to pay you money, this is where the shirt is going to end."

I always wanted to dress up like Darth Maul.So I designed my own kilt.

Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that.

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

I always knew what I wanted to dress like but that's when I became really passionate about it. We'd be in class and Google outfits or I'd doodle what I wanted.

I was like, you know, if you want to be someone big, you have to dress the part.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

I don't want to see anyone else looking like me.That'd be my nightmare. Though if I saw someone wearing what I did, I would know he was swaggy.

I designed it, the tailors wanted the kilt as a high joint but I wanted mine low like a Jedi.

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to be there and to turn it on.

When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.

I asked Tyson Chandler who has to customize everything because he's 7-foot-1. He's said, always call a designer. You want to wear certain stuff but people don't make it.

It's hard to want to let somebody into your house.

[Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"

I would have people send me shoes and I had 40 pairs and none would fit in the dorm room. People would come by and be like, "Yo, I've been looking for these shoes." I was like, "I'll sell them to you for $300 right now." I'd sell them, save up $4,000 to $5,000, go to the mall and just buy a bunch of new stuff.

I like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.

I don't want to be predictable at all.

I live a real life so I forget to take pictures.

I don't want the attention. I want the respect.

Me and Bianca [Stewart] would go to thrift stores like the Salvation Army. We'd pick up dope stuff no one ever heard of. But we'd put it together in ways that would work and be different.

You're not going to find me in something someone else is wearing. Unless, of course, he's a very swaggy individual.

[ Stylists] are putting you in a style that most people are in because it's the trend. So you might have on the same outfit as everyone else.