Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Karl-Anthony Towns
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Karl-Anthony Towns.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
I think it's just fun when you're being competitive and when you're in the game and winning.
Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.
Never get too high; never get too low.
Many people are in need of new shoes.
I think the biggest thing I want to learn from Kevin Garnett, with him having a ring, is how do I become a championship player? How do I see how a championship team looks like? How do I use myself to be a championship contributor?
You dwell too much on the past, you forget that you've got to take care of the present.
You got to earn your buckets and earn your respect.
If you want to be great, there are so many talented players who have come in and out the league. But only a few of them are remembered as being great. It's because they were willing to say they don't know. And I'm willing to say that I don't know everything.
You've got to win. You've got to win to be respected in this league.
Thanks to my dad, I've always had it. He always told me how important it was to be versatile. Every time we worked out in the gym, it was always all the skills, not just being a big man.
When we're doing everything we can to win, it's very fun.
I've talked to a lot of NBA superstars and legends about how I can improve my IQ offensively and defensively.
For me, it's about trying to do everything I can to help us win. Try to bring that energy every night, try to make it as contagious as possible and try to win a game.
I've got an addiction to this game. An addiction to being perfect.
I could care less about statistics. It's all about team success.
These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans.
When you're talking to legends, they've already went through this process of playing in the NBA and also living after their career is over. Being able to hear their stories, how they've had success and others have had success to get an idea of what we should be looking to do and know what we need to do is just really helpful.
I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.
Flip Saunders is a great coach and a great guy. Glen Taylor is the same way. He's a great human being.
I live my life very Amish-like. Other than video games, I don't think I have a reason for electronics. It's a life that I've always loved.
Those are the ones you look forward to: going against a great, talented player, someone who's going to be in this league for a long time, who you're going to be seeing for a long time. Get a chance to go out, compete, and just have fun. Those are the fun match-ups.
Anything I put my name on, I make sure I put my 110 percent towards it.
When everyone is buying into a system and puts their ego to the side, that's when greatness happens.
All those teams I was on that were successful were the ones that everyone had love for each other and had fun. Things that seem minuscule - joking around, laughing, conversing, all those things that seem childish - that is what builds camaraderie.
When you have a person like him who is going to tell you throughout the year about how to deal with little bumps in the road as the No. 1 pick, there's no one better to have than Andrew Wiggins.
We expect nothing but greatness from ourselves.
I thank God every day that I get a chance to do all these great things in a Timberwolves jersey.
People feel that I have overachieved, but I feel that, myself, that I work tremendously hard in the gym. I feel almost I have underachieved a little bit.
I do not know how it is to be a great player, to be a Hall of Famer. I want to learn.
It doesn't matter to me where I play. It matters what you do at the place you play at.
Anytime someone expects something from me, I expect about five times more from myself.
We always have great practices, and the competition is high, and the intensity is high; it's just about doing that now in a game and sustaining it for 48 minutes.
When you have a player like Tyus Jones, instantly chemistry is made.
I think the biggest thing is, you have to understand the different rules. There are so many rules that change from college to the NBA. Change of pace is a big thing, also.
If we play defense the way we're supposed to and we play defense the way we do here in practice, we should have no problems against most of the teams in the league, and other teams, it'll be a great fight.
We need to find ways to grow as a team and get better to be the best team possible.
Winning's always fun.
I've been a dedicated 'NBA 2K' fan since I was young, and being selected as the face of 'MyNBA2K17' is an incredible milestone this early in my career.
Every time I get to lace up my shoes, I am happy. Every time I see my jersey and I get to put it on, I feel like a kid in the candy store. Every time I get the chance to play, I am going to play.
Playing 'MyNBA2K' and 'NBA2K' is an essential part of my offseason and keeps me grounded during the season with all my travel.
I'm in the search for the perfect game.
I remember being back in Knollwood Middle School back in Piscataway. I remember waking up Saturday mornings playing with my age group and the age group above me.
It's an honor to be named Rookie of the Year by the media.
It doesn't matter how successful or how unsuccessful a team is. It can all change with one pick.
I always have a motto: if it's going in-and-out one night, then the next opponent should be worried.
I've always loved myself, always.
I'm very passionate, and I love the game I play.
The defense will tell you who shoots the ball. If it comes down to them trying to take the ball out of my hands, I trust my teammates to go out there and make every shot.
People who know me know I'm never satisfied.
I just feel that if you're the best human being, God will bless you with success.
It's hard to get me to even say I played good. That's just in me. I'm just never satisfied. A lot of my friends get annoyed by it.
I love that I will have the opportunity to connect further with my fans through 'MyNBA2K17.'
I have a huge admiration for fans in China. I think they're some of the greatest basketball fans in the world. I think they're passionate and love the game, almost second to none.
We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.
I'm never happy about anything, playing-wise. I always think there's things I messed up on, things I should've done differently that could've, A, made us win, or B, made the win easier.
I ain't no quitter: I'm a competitor.
I've been blessed that my dad taught me at a young age about versatility and how to not be specialized in one area, so it's made my transition from each step in my career very comfortable because I had the fundamentals and the foundation to do anything the coach needed me to do.
I've never felt like I've had a good game.
When you have the chance to go against a brother of yours on the court, you're always looking at each other like, If you score, we're looking at each other. If I score, I'm looking at him.
I love the game so much, I just want to play every time I can.
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