Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Patty Mills - Page 2

To be honest, I think NBA experience and years trumps everything else. It's unfortunate but when you come from somewhere else it's known that you don't have NBA experience and the NBA is so different to everywhere else so in that sense you need those years.

I've got to bring it every night and earn the right and trust from my coach and teammates to be able to make an impact on the game.

Everyone is out to find that next best player, so make the most of your opportunity.

Being a leader of the Boomers team is something that I've felt responsible for and being able to learn from the amount of guys that I've been able to - not only on the Boomers in my early days, but also over here in the NBA.

My goal stays the same of wanting to be an NBA point guard.

I believe we've got to be able to make some noise to create change.

You have to be able to connect and re-connect to the passionate things that got you to a certain point in the first place. If you can connect and continue to hold onto that passion, that's the key thing that will help you get through tough times.

A lot of my teammates in the NBA call me Little Patty anyway as they are about two feet taller than me.

The animals of Australia play a big part in our identity throughout the whole entire world and for us to lose that will be very sad.

At a young age, I was going around the islands singing 'spread love, it's the Brooklyn way' and not really understanding what the hell that phrase meant.

I feel like I've experienced a lot to learn my own game but also to be able to help others as well.

As San Antonio Spurs players, we have a responsibility for our community.

Every meal is a conscious effort to stay disciplined and understand what's on your plate.

The AFL and NRL have done an awesome job every season in acknowledging Australia's culture and Indigenous culture.

I am ecstatic and filled with immense pride to have the world's most renowned professional basketball league join forces with IBA - the work we are going to do together will make a real impact to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths.

I understand my game better and what I do well, what I do is shoot the ball and finds ways to score and that was the feedback from the coaches to me - remember who you are and let the ball fly.

I've been quite fortunate to visit juvenile detention centers in Australia, jails in Western Australia. To be able to go out there and visit and see what it's like, you get a feeling for it.

I put it on myself to be a role model for all Australian kids, especially indigenous kids.

Being amongst the best players in the world, it's a really exciting opportunity I think I'll be able to thrive off.

It's one of those things, as a team sport there are always things you try to find to come together and bond.

Knowing that you're all in for a championship and you have that mindset and feel throughout the group. Every day it's working towards something. That's an exciting feeling to know when you walk in the gym, or in the weight room, it's for a championship.

Our vision is to make a tangible difference at the intersection of those values and people's lives, shining light on critical issues as well as providing opportunities and pathways of success to empower and unlock people's tremendous potential.

The fact I've worked hard to play in the NBA and at the elite level, I'm just using it to promote my culture and heritage, represent my country and Canberra.

I'm not a Steve Nash or a Magic Johnson who is going to come out and throw 15 assists and do all these crazy passes, that is not me and it's not my game.

I can't tell you how nice and genuine the people of San Antonio are... it reminds me a lot of Australia.

I play basketball, and I'm grateful for what the sport has provided for me and my family, but I'm even more appreciative for the voice and platform that has come along with it.

I've always been an ambassador for Australians, non-Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Australians... I let people know about who I am and that I'm not just a basketballer, I'm a person who comes from a very rich heritage.

I'm a culture guy: That's who I am and what makes me tick.

I'm just a little indigenous boy who likes to have a dance.

Coming off a pretty significant injury for me with my shooting shoulder, I learned a lot about my character.

I'm trying to help inspire kids to achieve their dreams and never give up.

I love basketball and I love playing it, but there will be a stage in my career when I have to hang the basketball boots up, which is why I'm more than happy to have my culture with me.

For Australians to make it in the NBA, it's very hard, and for Australians to make it and win an NBA championship is even harder.

For me, Cathy Freeman was definitely my idol and inspiration growing up. Everyone saw what she achieved on the track... but for me it was how she carried herself as an indigenous woman. For me, that's what caught my eye and why I wanted to be like her.

It's never going to be a smooth sailing ship, there's going to be ups and downs and I think one of the most important things to understand is not to ride the highs too high and ride the lows too low - it is a marathon and if you can just try to steady the ship as you go.

As a proud Indigenous man I have a lot of things that are symbolic and have a lot of meaning to me.

I want to keep educating the world on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It's who I am. It's what I know - even more than basketball. To be able to promote it or educate it or teach it in a way, whether it's through cultural centers or dancing or art or anything like that, I think is what I would want to do.

I got it tough, but I can't even imagine what the Stolen Generation went through.

The way that I represent Australia and indigenous Australia affects other people as well from other cultures.