Carmelo Anthony Quotes

How can U fairly assess someone from the outside looking in ... majority of the times you will be wrong.

People only know what they see on TV.

It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.

Without a doubt, any opportunity I have to build that up in New York, I'd do it. I told people all the time, always say, 'If it takes me taking a pay cut, I'll be the first one on James Dolan's steps saying take my money and let's build something strong over here.'

It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

We all need that sometimes, to get re-sparked again. Sometimes it's different influences and different motivations; sometimes we've got to go and get back to the basics.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

Leadership is something I was born with.

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.

These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.

I got an owner that looks out for me. You can't beat that.

Nobody should expect more of you than you expect of yourself.

If I were president? First thing I'd do is take care of the schoolteachers. I'm not saying we should start 'em out with six figures, but in some places they've got to be mother, father, brother, sister, and mentor. They're real important people. Let's give 'em a raise - and attract the best people to the job.

This was on my vision board. To run out there and be hitting game winners, getting the fans riled up. When they're stomping on the floor yelling 'New York Knicks'—that's a great feeling.

I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.

I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day.

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it.

I'm really into fashion.

Every Morning You Have Two Choices: Continue To Sleep With Your Dreams, Or Wake Up and Chase Them.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

You just got ta believe, i have never been a quitter in my life or in my career.

I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

I have my own identity as a player.

When you've never had something, you want it worse than anything.

I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.

I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.

People need to see the authentic people that are still out there, the genuine people that really care.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

Everything on my body has a meaning. I don't do art just because. It does look cool but it also has a meaning.

I think I am a smarter player now.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

As a good player in the inner city, you're always hearing people saying that you're better than you really are and that you don't have to do things like everybody else.

I just want to get on the court.

At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.

People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!!

I'm a Baltimore Ravens fan and I'm a Baltimore Orioles fan. I have them tattooed on me.

What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.

I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.

I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.

You make your own party.

I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.

When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.