Carmelo Anthony Quotes

I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really -- or I try to be -- like the glue of the team.

I don't want to just be an athlete. I kind of obsess on that sometimes. I don't want my son to be reading, oh, 'disappointment, just a scorer, selfish, didn't win enough, never quite the best' -- whatever. I want to be bigger than that. I want to shape my own destiny instead of just having him read about whatever on the back page.

To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

I'm not at the point in my career where I want to rebuild.

I think I'm the most underrated superstar that's out there, but that doesn't matter to me.

I want to win. I don't care about the money.

Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!

You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun.

I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.

A lot of people think that as a player, during the lockout, you just have your whole day free. It's not like that - especially for me. I wake up everyday, train in the morning from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. Then I have a business meeting here, have to meet this person there, it's non-stop for me.

I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day. The Lakers had the Showtime era. Boston had six hall of famers on one team. You had Detroit, the New York Knicks, and now the Miami Heat. They were stacking their teams back then, it just fell off over the years and now it picked back up. Boston did it first, then LA. I was fortunate enough to play against them when they had Shaq, Kobe, Rick Fox, Gary Payton, Karl Malone... that's five hall of famers on one team! So you can't get mad at Miami for doing what they did.

I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.

I wanted to make the lightest shoe possible, but still be able to perform at the same time.

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.

It bothers me to hear people talk about things they know nothing about.

I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of basketball and I am surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.

If you laugh, think, and cry; that's a full day.

The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.

As long as you stay true to yourself and to who you are, you ain't in nobody's way.

No one is perfect. I know there is stuff that I need to work on, and not just one thing, but my game overall. Everything can get better.

The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.

Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.

I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games.

A lot of people I meet say, 'You remind me so much of Magic Johnson.'

The fans are dying. We're dying.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

I can't palm a basketball.

The new guys bring energy, intensity and emotion. The last couple games, they showed what they can bring to the team.

As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.

I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.

Man, I think the sky is the limit for this team.

Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that.

I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.

Family time is the best time.

Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.

I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan.

I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different.

Any decision I make is the biggest decision of my life.

It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court.

I did this campaign that was called "Back to the Basics" where I went back to the street, went back to my block, and really felt the people. We've got to go back to that sometimes. We distance ourselves from that and we see it from afar. Some people can't relate back to that; once you're out of it, they don't want to relate back to that. It's always good to get back to the basics, though. You've got to touch the roots, you've got to touch those people. Regardless of what's going on, people always respect that.