Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Reggie Miller
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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.
When you have 20,000 people yelling and screaming at you, four other guys can concentrate on the floor. So every time I touch the basketball and everyone is yelling and chanting and doing things towards me, well, four other guys can concentrate.
As kids, we all wanted a bike. But a lot of people don't have that opportunity, especially in the inner city.
I want to make the playoffs, and I want to compete.
I'm very respectful of others.
When you get a good workout in, you feel good for the rest of the day. It helps clear the mind.
I don't know if it's a small-market thing or not, but we never get the benefit-of-the-doubt calls like New York, L.A., Miami and the big market teams. That's just the way it is.
Mountain biking is such a very small community. I just want to put the hard work in so people don't think I'm a slacker. I want the hardcore mountain bikers to respect, 'Okay, well, he did it the right way.'
Trying to outplay my sister or come out from her shadow, I think that gave me an edge, or a chip on my shoulder. That's where the flair and a little bit of the drama came from.
I want to make movies like 'The Upside of Anger,' 'Maria Full of Grace,' old-school films like 'Some Kind of Wonderful' or 'Vision Quest': movies you remember songs and lines from.
Having played in the league during the '80s, '90s, and the new millennium (old, I know), I had the chance to see firsthand how the best point guards of our time played the game.
Growing up playing on the streets, you made your name by talking mess and getting into people's heads.
Just give me the ball; I don't care how old I get. Give me the ball.
The best thing is to go into an opposing arena, and 15,000 people are focusing on you. That's the best feeling.
That's what I tell all the kids who come to my summer camps: 'You'll get a shot; it's about what you do with it.'
You have to be willing to fail, because you're not going to make every shot.
The reality is, I don't care about the Knicks' feelings.
All truly great shooters - Dale Ellis, Larry Bird, Craig Hodges, Chris Mullin - we always believed that we were the best shooters in the world.
I threw in some baskets that were in four-point range.
I wanted to merge two worlds that were very important to me. Being able to raise money for Dropping Dimes through the sale of custom biking kits was the perfect plan.
I was a brash player, and I spoke my mind on the court.
I walk into a restaurant in Westwood now, and people know it's Reggie Miller. I used to be always Cheryl's little brother.
Drake took me to the limit in our ping-pong challenge.
Shooters shoot.
When you retire, you don't get fat and old. C'mon: it's like a shark. Sharks never stop swimming; that's when they die. You gotta keep moving.
I'm very thankful and very blessed to have the opportunity to play this game.
I love the heart of De'Aaron Fox.
To be part of this exclusive club is special. It's a proud day for me. It's special for me. I get a chance to join Cheryl, the first brother-sister act in the Hall of Fame. She was a role model.
You don't want to bring attention to yourself; you want to bring attention to the team.
My range is from wherever the coaches won't have a heart attack.
Contrary to what people believe, yes, basketball has been a big part of my life. But on the other hand, it's also been a small part.
I love guys who have roots. Paul Pierce has roots embedded in Boston.
I would never rule out coaching.
I made a lot of big threes throughout my career, but it was the 3-point shot that allowed me to maneuver inside the paint, post-up, mid-range game and so forth.
A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live across the hall from absolutely, positively the greatest women's basketball player ever.
I was a psycho in college.
Whether it's the best player or the 12th man next to the Gatorade cooler, understanding the personalities on your team is key.
It used to be you a needed a true center to win championships, but now the point guard position holds just as much weight.
If you win in New York - that Frank Sinatra song - you are a god. You are a king.
I think the character of a man is to establish something where no one else has ever done before.
Being the most popular, I don't know; I don't get into people patting you on the back.
When I was in the 9th or 10th grade, Cheryl was All-American, and she was getting all the pub. I thought to myself, 'Why isn't anyone paying any attention to me?' I used to wish that I wasn't Reggie Miller, that I was Reggie Smith or Reggie Jackson.
I don't have any bad feelings about L.A.
If you want to be a hero, you've got to take hero shots.
Coming from L.A., rush hour from 8 to 10 and from 3 to 5 on the freeways. Everything was so congested. Indiana, there's never any traffic. People are warm and nice. People are warm and nice in California, but you never know. You might run across Sirhan Sirhan the next day in L.A.
I'll always be known as Cheryl Miller's little brother.
Defenses had to play us, obviously, out to the arc, but it was really, to me, my mid-range game that was probably more dangerous than my 3-point shot.
Carmelo Anthony should do what makes him happy - either stay with the Knicks and be mediocre, or get with a contender and help them get over the hump.
I didn't want to be like some other guys who jump on another team's bandwagon just to get a ring.
You look at the pioneers that have paved the way for players like myself. Sometimes, you just sit back and scratch your head.
A lot of times, I think broadcast commentators can get bogged down with stats and personal agendas.
In professional sports, you live in the moment, and that's what I love about it.
It's all about the playoffs for me. I don't care about the regular season.
Military veterans and the sacrifices they have made for our country carry a status we all should appreciate and honor.
I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.
The bald look intimidates people. Short and nasty.
I never imagined that I would earn my way into anyone's rafters.
I'm into hard work. I never had the best talent or the best jumper. I've always been about dirt and sweat.
I try and do the right things most of the time and let the chips fall where they may.
If you're joining the Knicks, there's expectations that follow that; there's a lot that comes with it.
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