I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I miss 100% of the shots I don't take.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Take risks that could result in Greatness! Wayne Gretsky said, "You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.
A lot of people say I'm reckless and I take too many shots. I take shots on the forehead. There's nothing wrong with that. It puts me in punching range.
Sometimes those shots I take won't go in but I'm going to continue to take the same shots.
I don't take any type of shots. I feel like I take the shots that are necessary and open.
You want to take shots you practice thousands and thousands of times. You want to take those same shots in games. The easier you can find those shots, the better.
I've hit a lot of big shots and missed a lot of big shots, and I'll continue to shoot them.
As long as I can take open shots or good shots, I'm going to take it.
I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.
If a guy is shooting a shot in the corner 70 percent of the missed shots usually come off that other side and 30 percent hits off the front rim so just playing the percentages and kind of studying your teammates' shots throughout the course of the game.
There's times where I could take all the shots every time I touch the ball, but that's not me. I just play a team game and just take open shots.
I'm not afraid to take big shots. I'm not afraid to take any type of shots.
Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.