Top 125 Quotes & Sayings by Rajon Rondo - Page 2

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

When you're off the court, that's when it's time to talk or whatever you want to do. But once it goes up, it's time to compete.

In Boston, the year we won the championship, guys were so much different in age. You don't have the same lives off the court.

I let my game speak for itself.

I came into the league traded. So I'm not the only person that goes through trade rumors each year.

I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it to the playoffs, I expect to win every time.

A leader can't pick and choose when he wants to lead.

I don't feel like we have to be dirty or anything crazy, but as far as competing, there's no limits.

I'm pretty smart.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

The offseason is completely different. You're not at work. You're working out, but you're not at work.

A trade is a trade, but it's different as far as summertime versus in the season.

I feel like, when I get a certain amount of minutes, and when the coaches allow me to be me on the court, I'm Rondo. There's no 'Playoff Rondo.'

The point guard is always the leader on the floor, regardless: the extension out there on the floor for the coach.

Every organization, every city is different.

If guys buy into the system, believe in their coach, that goes a long way.

I want to be a general manager, and I want to be a head coach. Definitely both.

When I'm on the court, I just compete.

I am who I am. I'm unique. I'm my own self.

I'm a poet.

I eat at certain times. I got to leave the house at certain times. I shower at certain times before the game.

A lot of times, I'll be shooting and think, 'Maybe I should pass.'

I think that's what we need to do is love one another.

I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.

You can't let emotions get involved with what the common goal is: to win. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about.

I want to see myself in a situation where guys want to grow, guys want to get better.

I remember when I was a younger cat, I always thought the veteran guys talked too much.

I want to improve my shooting, my free throw shooting, keeping my turnovers down.

First of all, I'm misunderstood in general. I don't mind because I'm very quiet, and I stay to myself. People are going to say what they want to say.

I try to give as much advice as possible.

My life is pretty calculated.

I'm obviously very grateful to play for a sports organization like the Boston Celtics.

Every team I've played on has players-only meetings, players staff meetings, so this is part of the process.

It's an emotional game.

Only a couple of guys should be talking in practice.

When the coach can get the trust and the confidence of a team to believe in him, and everyone accepts what they're doing for the team, the good and the great of the team, it usually works out.

I haven't played defense in a couple years.

I'm a competitor. I never doubt myself.

When you lose, nobody likes it and you start turning on each other.

As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.

Coach showed he believed in me. So I had to believe in myself.

Whatever my team needs - that's what I do.

I will never play for the Miami Heat.

Everything happens for a reason; I'm a big believer in that.

Every player, every coach doesn't always see eye to eye.

We just played unselfishly. At times this year, we've played selfish, but today we passed the ball. ... We were just very supportive of each other.

I could play through anything. But just thinking about I have kids, longevity, I probably would have made more of a conscious effort not to hit the floor, but at the end of the day in the playoffs, you can't play that way. You just have to play and give it your all.

They got a lot of easy baskets and rebounds. That is what killed us.

I never doubted myself. It just didn't work.

I was always about the team, regardless of our relationship wasn't working out or didn't work out.

They talked about teamwork. That's all it is. It's about team effort. No particular player trying to outshine each other. Playing unselfishly and believe. Good things will come.

Every team doesn't fit every person's style of play.

I feel like nobody can stop me off the dribble. At crunch time, we're looking for somebody to score and I definitely want to be the guy who has the ball in his hands.

I always get up for every game, but this game is especially big. It's a do-or-die thing. This could be (decide) whoever wins the regular-season championship.

I always try to push myself, even more now because evidently I'm not doing something right. I'm trying to do the little things that count in practice to try and get my job back.

Always people have counted me out since I got in the league. It never made me any difference. I kept myself around positive people, got a great support system and just kept at it.

Can't pick and choose when you're gonna be a leader. If you're gonna be it - gotta do it every day.

I'm a point guard, so I want to see everybody else score and be happy. I don't necessarily need to score at all. I could be happy with zero points as long as it was a team game and everybody contributed.

I don't know, you go through what you go through. You handle adversity, and I think it made me hungrier.

I just try to keep rebounding the ball as much as I can. I just go out there and do what needs to be done and don't worry about my stats.