I do better in life when my world seems a little smaller.
— Kyle Korver
I think any of the older guys you can poll throughout the NBA, they're super-regimented. Because as long as that body lasts, your mind should be better; your shot should be better. But the reality is, at some point, your body does break down - you do get older - so it's just, how do you prolong that as long as possible?
I have a hard time imagining a life without basketball.
I think some people get just locked into 'this is the way it has to be,' and they're afraid of messing something up. I don't ever want to be that way with shooting or with anything, really - not just shooting.
I feel like I'm a pretty good judge of character because I've had to judge a lot of characters.
Besides shooting, I think I need to work on everything. I need to get stronger, quicker, work on my ballhandling, and develop a go-to move.
I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and I shoot for hours at a time.
I see a David West score 47, and yeah, it'd be cool to put up numbers like that. But I don't need that to make me happy.
I have the most amazing job. I play basketball and keep working at it and trying to get better.
Not everyone gets to have one of the few super-dominant, all-pro, superstars in this league, and so playing with the pass and playing with space and playing quick is a really good backup.
There are definitely times during a game when you need someone to step up and make a play.
It's easy on teams when you have got superstars. I mean, they're really good. And you give them the ball, and you say, 'Make a play.'
That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.
I love it when the best team beats the best players.
As a shooter, the one thing you want to be is consistent.
Moments can change games; moments can create a run.
Off-seasons hurt when you lose the last game.
I had a column in high school for our school newspaper. I enjoy writing.
Analytics, math, science has gone into a lot of different areas of the NBA.
I've always believed the better the players I'm surrounded by, the better I am. I've never tried to think of myself as anything different. I know who I am as a basketball player and I'm never going to try to pretend that I'm more or less, but definitely not more.
I'm not afraid of changing something to try to be better at it.
Everyone wants to be liked.
I'm my own person and my own player. Not that I don't admire other players and try and do similar things.
I'm not a cold-weather guy.
Out of high school, all I heard was 'one dimensional,' 'can't do anything but shoot.'
For me, I've never really thought of myself as labeled as a shooter or whatever. People can say whatever they want.
When I first came to Atlanta, I did not want to come here; I got traded here.
It's very rare to find a basketball coach that gets both: that gets the Xs and Os and also gets life.
Teams are trying to get the advantage over the other team by what kind of reads we can get, how can we measure guys if they're tired - all these things.
When I came into the NBA, coaches wanted you to shoot a midrange shot or two before you shot your 3 - you know, to get an 'easy one' first.
Shooting is all about rhythm and confidence, and sometimes those are the last things that get there.
Most guys are either big talkers or big workers.
Every moment is big in the playoffs.
If the team is scoring, and I'm on the court, that's as good as me scoring.
Sometimes it helps to take a couple days off, as weird as that sounds. Every once in a while, I could just shoot so many shots. You can get so, like, intense with it all. It's like in life, right? We're all created for a sabbath day or for a day of rest. You sometimes need that in shooting, too.
A lot of things in life, you can be told the right way to do it, but you've kind of got to learn by your own mistakes. It's just human nature.
It's good to always try to learn and try to grow.
The people you end up hanging out with are the people you become.
I would say moving to Iowa turned out to be the best thing for my basketball career.
I never really modeled my game after anybody.
It's frustrating when teams try to take me out. But there's a lot of other ways to win besides shooting.
It hasn't always been easy. There's a lot of hard moments. Sometimes you learn from the end of the bench. Sometimes you learn from injuries. Sometimes you learn the most through the hard things. If you can keep a good attitude and keep on working, eventually situations change, and you can put those things to use.
I know that I love the whole game of basketball, and that's what I've always believed in.
I've been on some really good teams.
Anytime something is a little new and a little fresh, it's going to be critiqued.
You're always trying to get better. You're always tinkering. You're always learning new things.
I've played for some really good coaches, been on some really good teams. I learned a lot.
You don't want to be a streaky shooter.
If there's a loose ball, dive on the floor. If you can take a charge, do that. The playoffs are all about scratching. Whatever it takes.
It's hard to play basketball without a point guard - it's an important position.
