Lamarcus Quotes & Sayings

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter. — LaMarcus Aldridge

I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life. — LaMarcus Aldridge

I take pride in just knowing how to do things. Whenever a coach tells me to do something, I always try to do it the way he said or do it to my best ability. — LaMarcus Aldridge

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman

The Spurs really are a family. They have a bunch of good guys that want to win, and the way they play is so unselfish. I'm looking forward to being involved in it. I feel that teams with players who are very close end up winning. — LaMarcus Aldridge

When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing. The cord had cut off my oxygen - not the entire time, just at the end, when my mom was giving birth. When I came out, I wasn't conscious, so they had to work on bringing me back. It was a crazy moment. — LaMarcus Aldridge

You know, without my telling you, how sometimes a word or name eludes you, and you seek it through running ghosts of shadow
leaping at it, lying in wait for it to spring upon it, spreading faint snares for it of sense or sound: until, of a sudden, as if in a phantom forest, you hear it, see it flash among the branches, and scarcely knowing how, suddenly have it. — Conrad Aiken

I know my boundaries. I know the limits to the car. — Lewis Hamilton

I don't really need bulk, just strength. I can get strong without putting on weight. — LaMarcus Aldridge

The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be so much more powerful than he will ever be. — Douglas Coupland

The best part about being a Blazer is the fans. The fans here are so loyal it feels like a college team with how close the fans and players are. They have such a great passion for the team that it makes it fun to be a part of and makes you want to work harder to make the team successful. — LaMarcus Aldridge

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for. — Doug Liman

No one is perfect. It's not interesting to be perfect. — Lindsay Lohan

I'm a fighter. So if you're going to doubt me or say that I can't do something, I'm going to prove to you I can do it. And when I do it, hopefully I earn your respect and you'll know it didn't come easy to me. — LaMarcus Aldridge

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. — Denis Diderot

Many artists, having assimilated the Conceptualists' explorations to varying degrees, have reused the painterly model and use photography, quite consciously and systematically, to produce works that stand alone and exist as photographic paintings ... — Jean-Francois Chevrier

I can't just tell the guys I want the ball, I have to do it with my body language. — LaMarcus Aldridge

I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do. — LaMarcus Aldridge

I move very well. Being able to go at different types of players, that's where I have an advantage. — LaMarcus Aldridge

I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it. — LaMarcus Aldridge