I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.
I wouldn't call myself a real point guard.
We're looking at the court as X's and O's and plays that can happen, two three steps ahead of time. That's what the best point guards do. As you grow into a point guard that's what you learn, and eventually, you tend to grasp that.
I grew up as a point guard, and as a point guard you learn how to navigate situations.
I always think of myself as a point guard.
I can play off the ball some, and that's fine with me as long as I can be out on the floor. But I am definitely more natural as a point guard than I am as a two guard.
You ask what position I play, I say point guard.
I like the odds when I'm playing the point guard more.
I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.
I think I'm a shooting guard and a point guard, to be honest with you.
You're not getting any recognition as a point guard if you ain't winning.
Plenty of times LeBron is mistaken as a point guard, which is awesome.
Every team I play, I'm playing them like we playing the Golden State when they had Kevin Durant. Every point guard I play, I'm playing Steph Curry. Every shooting guard I'm playing, I'm playing James Harden. Every three-man I'm playing, I'm playing LeBron and KD.
I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.
Kris Dunn is a very athletic point guard.
At one point in the NBA in my second year, I was a two-guard.
It's hard to play basketball without a point guard - it's an important position.
We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.
I am a point guard. It's a job that I'm not scared of.
Nash was a purist. Steve's a Hall of Fame point guard. He was unbelievably good.
I played the two guard in college, and playing point guard is what I've done all my life.
Yeah, I play a lot of point guard. LeBron plays a lot of point guard. A lot of people are thinking too much on positions.
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.
It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.
There's always a good point guard in this league.
The person I used to watch growing up was Tony Bland. I just loved the way he played. He was a big guard, and I watched him a lot. He scored, he shared, he did a little bit of everything. I wanted to be a point guard, though it didn't work out that way.
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I'm a lead-by-example guy but also vocal because I'm the point guard.
Ever since I was little, I always played point guard. All throughout high school, junior high. I hit a couple growth spurts and the guard thing just always stayed with me. It just comes natural.
I wasn't a point guard. I was a killer.
It's hard to be the point guard, especially playing with a young team.
I know I can play point guard.
I play everything but point guard.
I think the most important position in the league now is the point guard.
I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one.
A point guard can carry a team - if he has all the right stuff.
My goal stays the same of wanting to be an NBA point guard.
I feel like I'm the best point guard in the league.
With my game, my biggest asset is being a point guard who can get into the paint.
A point guard is judged by wins and losses. I think I'm doing a good job.
I'm a pass-first point guard that tries to get everybody involved.
My 10th grade year I was 6-foot-4 and I grew to like 6-foot-7, but I still had my guard skills. I was playing point guard, I was a big guard. People started calling me 'Penny Hardaway' - comparing me to him because I was a big guard.
My favorite point guard, growing up, was Magic Johnson. The reason why I say that is he was a winner, and he did everything in his power to make his teammates better. That's what the game is all about as a point guard.
Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.
I played point guard my whole life.
I realize the responsibility of being a starting point guard.
At the end of the day, a point guard's got to do his job.
My whole life I played the point, so naturally I think as a point. Two guard, I get to score more... During the game, I like to mix it up.
When you're a point guard, man, if you're not up to par, you're in a lot of trouble.
You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.
As a point guard, I'm a coach on the floor. I know that.
You need the point guard to be vocal.
I can't name a backup point guard better than me in the NBA.
I'm a point guard, I've always been a point guard, I've played point guard all my life. Personally, I feel the best point guards make other players look better and create their own shot. I fit in that category.
I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.
He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.
Do I guard myself, my heart, my feelings, my thoughts? Do I guard the treasure of grace? Do I guard the presence of the Holy Spirit in me? Or do I let go, feeling secure, believing that all is going well?
I'm a versatile point guard who is unselfish and can score at all three levels.
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