Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Shaun Livingston
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.
I like putting things together. The long game. Strategizing. Being able to mix and match personalities of guys.
The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.
I'm not necessarily a 'rah rah' guy. I'm not the guy speaking out with everybody watching.
I played with the Clippers when Golden State really wasn't cracking like that and Oracle Arena was still jumping.
I'm a walking testimony, a product of all the people in my life and my faith.
There are times in the game when you have lapses. It just means you're not as locked in as when you first get in or at the end of the game.
But yeah, a lot of people compare me to Magic. The physical appearance, the tall point guard, the ability to pass the ball. But comparisons are one thing, it's up to me to go out and play my game, get those wins, those championships, that's the only way those comparisons can get closer, but he's a legend.
The better I feel about my body, the better I feel about my game.
Seeing the ball go in during the game, getting to your spots, getting spot-up shots. You have that rhythm and you have that confidence in yourself. And everybody else has that confidence in you too, more importantly.
That kind of always been apart of my personality, just mild-mannered, poised, trying to keep my poise. Doesn't always work out that way but I try when I'm on the court to stabilize things.
Coach Dunleavy has done a great job of humbling me, letting me go out there and make mistakes and I've got a great feel for the game right now.
I wasn't afraid of failing. A lot of people fear failure, and I think that holds a lot of people back. But a lot of times, it's possibly the best thing that could happen to you because you learn how to get back up, you learn how to do it better and you're stronger from that.
I'm hardest on myself. I'm my biggest critic. I ended up hurting myself a lot by doing that.
I always thought I would have a good feel in the basketball office.
Being 6'7' as a point guard and playing with Sam Cassell and Cuttino Mobley on the Clippers really helped refine my post game and play with my back to the basket.
I'm a believer in God, I'm a believer that he puts us where he wants us to be.
Even if it's just two shots, I just want to see the ball go in the hole. That gives me the confidence to know I can make shots when I'm called upon in a playoff type of situation.
Just because a guy is not a 3-point shooter doesn't mean he can't score.
There were days when my dad and grandpa had to work and I would call a cab to get to school. I felt a little embarrassed and would get out a block before school. There were kids getting dropped off in a Mercedes or Lexus. I didn't want them to see me.
Dub Nation has been everything to me... Just the way that Warriors fans have embraced me - I want to send a thank you to all you out there for all the support, for real.
At the end of the day, it's about winning. I want to be productive out there, of course. But I care about the score more than what I care about the stats.
My speed as a tall guy is deceptive. You look at me and I might not look fast, but when I go out and play, people are left scratching their heads like 'Where did that come from?'
I am a man of faith and faith is not always supposed to happen and what you see, sometimes it's just walking that path.
I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.
All the adversity and discouragement is trying to cloud your mind. But I learned to deal with it. In the end, I'm happy and thankful and blessed.
I thought about possibly being in the front office, being on the management side of things like a GM one day.
Being on the court you can really negate your athletic ability by just being in the right position.
God created us equal. Money and talent might be seen as setting us apart. But underneath, we're all the same.
Going through my rehab kind of gave me a great perspective about what my game would be about.
When you look at older teams in the finals, Miami and San Antonio, they're not really the most explosive or athletic team but they're always in the right position defensively.
I had to teach myself how to walk again. It was crazy. I couldn't even make a muscle in my leg. I felt like no muscles in my leg. I was already skinny. It was like my leg was dead.
As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to help different communities.
I haven't been as healthy as I'd like or as spry as I'd like. But it's all relative to the sport. So I'm just enjoying the process, really. It's been ups and downs obviously and frustrating times. I know that's the beauty and the struggle.
You may have good days, there may be more bad days than good days, but on the good days you have to push yourself, get the most out of it as you can.
Like Forrest Gump, I just took off and it paid off.
The Bay Area for me has provided the most stability and it's definitely provided life-changing opportunities for myself, for my family, so I'm incredibly grateful for all that's gone on these past five years.
The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player because you gotta earn your respect first of all the old guys, all the old heads. You gotta command where to go, know the plays.
Peoria has been near and dear in my heart. It's been with me wherever I've been. I always have wanted to give back and touch the city in some way.
I just always had a knack for handling and passing the rock and making things happen.
The advice I would've given my younger self is, 'Be patient; just hold on.'
I lost a lot. It was almost like I was a retired player where I lost all of my athleticism. I lost everything. Being able to get it back, step by step, little bit at a time, it was like surprising myself.
It's just kind of ironic with how I came into the NBA with all the expectations. You would've thought coming in the way I did that my career would last long. You'd think I'd have my more peak years in the beginning or middle. Mine just came a little later.
Once you go through something and come out of the storm, you've been tested.
That's what I was trying to do: be a reliable guy, dependable guy you know wasn't going to make a lot of mistakes. Maybe not high-ceiling, high-reward, but low-risk.
Just because it was multiple ligaments, just because of the trauma of the injury, they compared it to like a car accident. I didn't have anybody to follow, there was no timetable. I could get better, I could not get better. You just don't know. People fear what they don't know. I'm in the dark, and everything is just about faith.
I'm just trying to find the fountain of youth. I'm trying to find some drops and sprinkle it in there. I'll find the well.
When you're playing spot minutes, it's harder to hit those shots. But if you're getting volume shots, now it's a lot easier to get a rhythm.
Sure, there were always questions that lingered, the 'What ifs?' You wondered what might have been if not for the injury? What would my career have looked like and turned out to be? But I had to put my head down and put it behind me.
I never want to forget that I'm not anything special.
If you don't go through life making excuses, you save yourself, your friends, and parents a lot of trouble.
As a youngster, I got so much attention because I was ahead of the other kids - even when I was eight, nine years old. But I never was really seeking attention, so I didn't care about scoring 30, 40 points.
The organizations that I've worked with, whether I have gotten cut or whether I have excelled, the always communicated with me honestly and openly. The ones that weren't so good, the communication was iffy.
I'm going to do everything I'm supposed to do - except roommates. No roommates. I quietly paid for my own room on the road. I didn't want to tell anyone.
When I got into the league, guys didn't expect me to be as quick and fast as I was. I think it was myself holding myself back.
The best part of being with the Warriors has been the team camaraderie, the team meals, the team pranks, the bond we share.
I've always wanted grandpa to be proud of me, and I want him to see me play in the NBA.
Regardless of what anyone says, I know how hard I worked.
If I'm healthy and having fun, then I want to play.
There were some great veterans who I learned so much from and who helped make me the best I could be as a player.
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