Best Garnett Quotes & Sayings

After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game. — Sonny Vaccaro

It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city. — Kevin Garnett

I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. — Kevin Garnett

I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper. — Kevin Garnett

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. — Kevin Garnett

The beautiful thing about when you go through a slide is that you learn from it. Not just saying that you learn from it, but applying the things that you have learned. — Kevin Garnett

Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance. — Richard B. Garnett

I want to be known as the best teammate ever. — Kevin Garnett

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy. — Richard B. Garnett

And you came over to make sure I was all right, is that what you're telling me? You cam over here with your shotgun to protect me from my scarecrow?"
"I had to," Garnett said, spreading his hands, throwing himself on her mercy. " I didn't care for the way Buddy was looking at you in your short pants. — Barbara Kingsolver

Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond, without hesitation, 'Solvable'. — Chip Kidd

Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile. — A.A. Gill

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul. — Richard B. Garnett

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game. — Bill Walton

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me. — Kevin Garnett

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves. — Kevin Garnett

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms. — Kevin Garnett

Childhood is played out in a foreign language and our memory of it is a Constance Garnett translation. — Rabih Alameddine

I don't play to sweat, I play to win. — Kevin Garnett

I've tried to tell the truth. But I would say that, wouldn't I? In any case it has to be my truth. What other truth could I possibly know? — Tony Garnett

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion. — Richard B. Garnett

Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think. — Kevin Garnett

I play against a front and a back every night, Ming does not have to do that, Duncan does not have to do that, Garnett doesn't do that. I am the only one that has to do that. — Shaquille O'Neal

Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back. — Richard B. Garnett

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process. — Kevin Garnett

As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word. — Richard B. Garnett

Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it. — Kevin Garnett

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team. — Oscar Robertson

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA. — Kevin Garnett

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist. — Richard B. Garnett

Paternalistic is a very good word. They think they have to look out for these guys? Don't worry about it. Why? Because of history. Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant. They did okay. — Sonny Vaccaro