People throw legacy and dynasty around a bit too much.
Robert Horry
Pressure can make a diamond. Pressure makes me play better because I don't want to let my teammates or my fans down, and that makes me play extra hard.
The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in me. Once you get that belief in you, it's easy to play basketball, so, we really never had so-called role players.
Everything that I tried to act in my life, I put in the time and effort to try and get better at it.
I think free throws are harder because you have more time to think about it, and every eye is on you. When it's a trey, you catch and shoot.
It's hard to close people out, regardless whether you're sweeping them or ending the series, period. It's hard.
Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.
I had a teammate whose motto was, 'If I make a million dollars, I must spend a million dollars.' I was like, 'If I make a million dollars, I'm hoping I can keep a million dollars.'
Sometimes, as an athlete, you think everything you touch can turn into gold.
It's huge just to get a game in the NBA Finals.
You cannot get complacent because there's someone out there working harder than you. So you got to keep pushing yourself to be an elite player.
The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.
You've got to be fearless.
Just once, I'd like a commercial.
To me, I have always been a Rick Adelman fan. I felt like if I had been in his systems, I probably would have been a better player than I was because if you look at his system, it was ideal for me.
I'm a big video game golfer!
Every year's going to be a what-if. That's the game of basketball. What if a guy turns his ankle? What if a guy gets in a car wreck coming to the arena? There are so many different aspects that could happen that nobody knows. Only the man upstairs knows.
My best coach was Rudy Tomjanovich because he asked the players what they wanted to do. He felt we had a feel for the game.
I love playing videogames.
I enjoy Otis Thorpe; he took me under his wing when I was a rookie. I'm also a fan of Ron Harper. He showed me the ropes and showed me what it was to play in the NBA.
A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.
It's hard to guard two dynamic players working together rather than guarding them going one-on-one.
25 was my number in high school and college. But when I got traded to Lakers, it was retired, and Derek Fisher had 2, so I was stuck with 5. Nothing more special behind it than that.
When I played, you had a lot of enforcers. You would go to the hole, get knocked down, and the referee would look at you and say, 'Get stronger, get up, and keep playing.'
You know what's funny, I really hate Par 3's. I feel like you have to be perfect from jumpstreet. But on Par 5's, you can mess up a little bit, but you still have time to adjust before you get to the hole and still end up with a birdie or a par.
If I played basketball, and you played with me, and all of a sudden you become my head coach, there isn't anything you can tell me, dude. Because your years in the league were just as long as mine. Why are you coaching me? That's one of the things that I hate.
I'm an old-fashioned player, an old-school player who will foul you and foul you hard.
I did not have a dog with a diamond collar. I was never flashy.
I had a couple of investments that didn't go my way. That's why I laugh at guys who say, 'Oh, I'm going to open a clothing line. I'm going to start a restaurant.'
You can't convince people of certain things. You let them think what they want to think.
They always remember the last thing you do. They don't remember the things before.
You go out there and do what you need to do.
When you win a championship, period, it never hits you until you get home the next day.
It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.
I'm the type of player, I want to win a game.
A lot of guys, when the ball is coming, sit there and look at the clock; then it makes you rush your shot.
A luck shot is one of those guys who has no form.
You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.
Now Rubio, I like the way he plays. He's a very skilled player.
Back when I got in the league, it wasn't a sexy game. It was more of a 'beat you down' game - you know, make sure you were strong.
I don't worry about being bothered by the media. Either I'm going to talk or not talk.
I think Phil Jackson started that feud. It happened many times that after team practice he would say, 'Kobe said this about Shaq, and Shaq said that about Kobe... ' We couldn't believe how could that happen, because just the day before we saw them together, jumping on one another.
The Dream is one of the best centers to play this game.
My favorite champions is the 1995 championship with the Rockets. We were the sixth seed without home court advantage.
Some days, I feel like being known as a smart players, sometimes clutch.
You want to win a championship, but you want to be considered one of the best of all time. All-Star. Hall of Fame.
Winning isn't all that matters.
I pick good big men as teammates, don't I?
I'm very happy with my career, don't get me wrong.
I'm not a big golfer, but I love to go get a bucket of balls and just smack the balls around. That's my type of game. When I do play, it's mostly in charity tournaments.
