Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Khris Middleton

Texas A&M was always my biggest school.

Anytime you fall short with someone you've been with the whole time, you always ask yourself or ask the other partner, 'Can we do this?'

You can't stop great players. You can only make it tough on them.

If they focus on me too often, somebody's going to be wide open. It's all about playing together and playing as a team.

I think LeBron is the best player in the world, as far as overall in his career and what he's doing for this league on and off the court.

Every team goes through a slump during the season. It's just a matter of how fast can you get out of it.

Just knowing how to get to my spots - that's the key. Once I get to my main spots, I feel like I have a lot of options I can go to - keep on driving, pass, or shoot. I just feel like if I can get to those spots, I can play my game.

In the month of December, it was my ultimate mission to find and honor the special people in my cities and provide them with experiences they would never forget.

Just working on stuff off the dribble a lot more. It's helping me create my own shot and freeing me up a little bit, being able to make plays and make shots.

I've always been trying to add stuff to my game.

You always want all of your sports teams at your school to do well.

Waffle House is my childhood thing. We used to go there on Sundays or weekends every now and then with my family. It's just good, Southern, home-cooked food, and that's what I love.

There aren't any negative thoughts about my time in Detroit; I just didn't play. Sometimes you have to go through that at different stages. I went through it during a tough period, my first year in the league, but it was a good year for me off the court.

I don't think I'm somebody that dominates the ball a lot.

I'm definitely active in the community down there in Charleston.

Giannis is truly a student of the game. He listens to the coaches, they show him film, and he's always in the gym working on his game and trying to find ways to get better.

It's good that other teams want me, but I'll be more than happy to stay in Milwaukee.

I like my life. I'm not living through anybody else's eyes, anybody else's life; I'm enjoying mine.

If I stay patient in the offense, shots will come.

We had a lot of close games; we were losing games. Failing in those opportunities - when the game was close? And we needed a bucket or a stop? I wasn't able to come through. It's just... something that you get comfortable with as time goes on. You're OK with failing, as long as you're trying as hard as you can.

You can always get better with your ballhandling.

You have to play your game in this league.

Do I feel underrated? Yes. Does that bother me? No, not really.

I tried one tiny piece of kangaroo, which I never thought I would try, and it was actually pretty good. I probably wouldn't eat it again, but it was still pretty good.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

I'm happy with being myself.

I'm not a guy who makes five or 10 moves. I'm just more of a simple, straight-line driver, just try to be crafty with my dribble and keep it tight.

We have to play a complete game.

We can't take quarters, minutes, plays off.

It's just using my size. On the defensive end, it's using my length to disturb the smaller guys. On the offensive end, if there's a post-up advantage, I can take it.

We love playing the game. That's why we're here. That's our job. We just want to come out and play every day.

I got to work on my body, kept working on my game, and also just got to learn out there from the guys who are playing. Getting stronger, working on my upper-body strength, lower-body strength, just trying to get stronger.

When you look the wrong way to cross the street, you've got to be careful with it.

I developed my game a lot and learned how to score off the dribble. I learned how to play team defense and one-on-one defense.

Heading into college, I was mainly just a spot-up shooter.

I've got the mind-set that I'm going to play as hard as I can, and I'm going to make the person guarding me work as hard as he can.

I think mid-range shooters are hard to get to a lot of times. Guys are going at you all the way to the paint or looking to swat it at the 3-point line.

From Day One, I've always had to work to find my way onto the court or onto the top position or whatever it may be.

The ultimate goal is to win a championship.

I measure myself against everybody, not just the shooting guards.

It feels good to hit a shot; that's something you always dream about as a kid.

I don't think smaller guys usually bother me on my shot too much.

You've got to play hard every minute you're on the court.

Teams usually take on the personality of the coach.

From Day 1 since I was in middle school, it's just to get better every day and not settle for anything, try to get better, try to improve, and try to stay hungry. That's not going to change.

I was born and raised in Charleston, SC.

My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.

My parents always told me be confident but be humble at the same time.

If we want to win, we're not going to be able to go out on the court and say, 'My turn' or 'Your turn.' We're going to have to play together and sacrifice some shots, some ball touches, some minutes.

I love everything about Christmas - the food, the 24/7 family time, watching someone you care about open the perfect present - and '12 Days of Khrismas' allowed me to spread that energy throughout all my communities.

A hamstring is definitely nothing to play with. There are chronic hamstring injuries where guys think it is fine, and they go out there and try to run and pull it again.

Nothing has ever been given to me.

I just want to go out there and play hard every night and do my best.

I really wasn't a good defensive player at all.

We have to do what's best for the team.

Nobody's perfect, so don't go out there and try to act like you got to live a perfect life. Be yourself, and be happy with it.

Now, I'm not afraid. Or getting myself down about missing shots or missing an assignment late. The game goes on. You've got another chance. That's definitely a mental thing.

I've had to change my game a lot - try to play the right way, try to do the right things, try to be the glue guy for the team for the most part.

I think Giannis can be a LeBron-type player, like an all-world, Hall of Famer, MVP, legend, one of the best ever. He's doing the right things to put himself in that situation. I think he will get there.

You won't get out of a slump if you don't shoot.