Steve Nash quotes

The guys that improve every year are those that are always adding something to their game.
-- Steve Nash

#Inspirational #Motivational #Games

My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Moving #Pull Ups

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Hands #Creative

I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.
-- Steve Nash

#Believe #I Believe #Life Is

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.
-- Steve Nash

#Motivational #Basketball #Football

Having a goal in your mind helps you manifest it in some way.
-- Steve Nash

#Inspirational #Motivational #Goal

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Night #Nba

You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Adversity #Opportunity

Play because it's fun, and not to become a pro. If your goal is to become pro, the best way to realize that is by loving what you do.
-- Steve Nash

#Fun #Play #Goal

I am not too accusatorial or defensive by nature. I have always been kind of philosophical about it, remembering that it is just a game. People take these things too seriously.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Philosophical #Games

I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.
-- Steve Nash

#Motivational #Fighting #Want

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Respect #Voice

I try to only worry about things I have control over.
-- Steve Nash

#Worry #Trying

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Hard Work #Pay

I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Decision #Teammate

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Play #Playoffs

You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.
-- Steve Nash

#Certain #Grows

I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #School #Cutting

The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Confidence #Crazy

The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Hard Work #Years

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Jobs #Player

The pick and roll is more about bodies and eyes then speed and being fast
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Eye #Body

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.
-- Steve Nash

#Player #Athletic #Healthy

The person who's had the biggest impact on my career is Rick Celebrini, the physiotherapist.
-- Steve Nash

#Impact #Careers #Persons

Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.
-- Steve Nash

#Needs #Impossible #Unnecessary

You have to rely on your preparation. You got to really be passionate and try to prepare more than anyone else, and put yourself in a position to succeed, and when the moment comes you got to enjoy, relax, breathe and rely on your preparation so that you can perform and not be anxious or filled with doubt.
-- Steve Nash

#Preparation #Doubt #Trying

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.
-- Steve Nash

#Motivational #Basketball #Believe

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Team #Important

What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Past #Champion

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Reality #Play

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Adversity #Gone

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Sports #Hockey

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Soccer #Father

I use a lot of balance training and functional training. Basically it's where you add an element of instability to a regular exercise. So whether it's on the physioball or the Bosu ball or just balancing on one leg, I try to incorporate an instable plane and/or movement to the exercise, so the body's doing two or more movements.
-- Steve Nash

#Exercise #Two #Training

Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Block #Play

My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Reading #Home

My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Phones #Work Out

I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.
-- Steve Nash

#Fighting #Player #People

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA.
-- Steve Nash

#Memories #Team #Kids

I hope my kids learn to put themselves first.
-- Steve Nash

#Kids #Firsts

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.
-- Steve Nash

#Team #Thinking #Forget

I really don't care about the response to my hair this is just how my hair is. I don't take care of it, or comb it, or put anything in it, or style it or anything. When people comment on it, it is funny to me that it draws such attention. It makes me realize how insignificant that sort of thing is.
-- Steve Nash

#Hair #People #Style

Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.
-- Steve Nash

#Black And White #Winning #People

Truth is, I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is.
-- Steve Nash

#School #Would Be #Way

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Stay Strong #Winning

When I think of my career, I can't help but think of the kid with his ball, falling in love.
-- Steve Nash

#Falling In Love #Kids #Thinking

Its crazy! I'm watching Linsanity hoping every shot goes in. Hope I never grow up.
-- Steve Nash

#Growing Up #Crazy #Shots

I simply want to be remembered as a great competitor and a great teammate.
-- Steve Nash

#Want #Teammate #Competitors

We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Character #Tired

We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Kicking #Body

Besides P.E., geography was my best class in high school. I was in this gifted class when I was younger, and it was wicked!
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #School #Class

I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and will be a surprise in Sydney.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Team #Thinking

I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being an All-Star, but I never dreamed of being an MVP.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Dream #Stars

My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends forever.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Thinking #League

Leadership is possible in all different ways, and in all different areas of life. Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.
-- Steve Nash

#Leadership #Different #Way

The toughest opponents to defend are Iverson, Marbury and Payton. They are all very talented and can shoot at anytime from anywhere.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Opponents

I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.
-- Steve Nash

#Funny #Sorry #Athlete

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #School #Hockey

Well, my favorite band is Radiohead. But, you know, I am pretty fascinated in general with music. I love music. It is definitely an interest.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Band #Music Love

I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and wearing microphones may hinder development by straining the nature of relationships coaches and players have.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Player #Thinking

We play a different style than other teams. It's effective, but different. We run the floor, block shots and create turnovers.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Running #Team

My agility is the CEO of the United Global Agility Corporation
-- Steve Nash

#Agility #Corporations #Ceo

I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Hands #Balls

We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Team #Adversity

That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Team #Keys

I think it's important that people stand up for what they believe in. It's important that people discuss things.
-- Steve Nash

#Basketball #Believe #Thinking