Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved. Jason Kidd More Quotes by Jason Kidd More Quotes From Jason Kidd A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. Jason Kidd basketballmorningmotivational Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable. Jason Kidd nbateambasketball Passing is contagious. There's nothing better than making the pass that gives someone an easy hoop. Jason Kidd passingeasygiving We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. Jason Kidd teamworkwittysports I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames, I'm really into them. Jason Kidd basketballheartfootball I try to anticipate exactly where my teammates are going to be. Sometimes I look good. Sometimes I look bad. Jason Kidd teammatetryinglooks Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. - Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. Jason Kidd teamworkplayyears There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help. Jason Kidd nucleusbasketballplayer Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today. Jason Kidd hard-workbasketballtwo I don't care what sport you're talking about. What you see with great franchises is structure - a structure that doesn't just take you from year to year, but day to day. Jason Kidd talkingsportsyears There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done. Jason Kidd teambasketballyears Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing. Jason Kidd timingspeedteam I've learned a lot at home and been able to take what I've learned at home to the court. Jason Kidd ive-learnedablehome I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters. Jason Kidd gameswinningplay My job is not to scream and yell, my job is to cheer you and be positive. If you miss four shots, I'm still going to pass to you. Jason Kidd cheermissingjobs I think we're going in the right direction. Jason Kidd right-directionbasketballthinking I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there. Jason Kidd riskbasketballtrying Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden. Jason Kidd basketballgamesplay Winning is the best deodorant. Jason Kidd deodorantbasketballwinning I'm a big fan of the game. Seeing these young guys play at the level that they are, I just wish I was 22, 23 years old so I can handle the game the way they do. Jason Kidd gamesplayyears
