Ray Allen Zitate auf Englisch

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What I don't like in my job is somebody who doesn't put forth the effort. Somebody who doesn't come to play every day.

I have a taste for a lot of different kinds of music... everything, from hip-hop to jazz to R&B to top 40 to alternative. There's a lot of good music out there. Every now and then, I'll flip through VH1 and watch the videos... the only thing I really don't listen to is country.

Ray Allen

As a human being, it's in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That's what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself.

Ray Allen

You don't need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself. You can establish who you are with a social media following.

Ray Allen

There are so many good players in the NBA, and I just want to be at the top of the talent pool. I want opposing coaches and players to fear me.

Ray Allen

There's always a thrill to see a guy's face when you sent 'em packing because you're gonna be the last person they thought about, the whole offseason.

Ray Allen

I want to run a marathon in the immediate future. In the future future, I want to do ironmans. I cycle long distances. The only thing I have to work on is the swimming. I'm a good swimmer, but I've never done long distances like that.

Ray Allen

Money can make people look at you in strange ways. You get phone calls from people you haven't spoken with in a long time, and they'll leave a message saying, 'Do me a favor, call me back. I have something I want to ask you.' I'm not going to answer those calls, because there's always something behind it, like a loan.

Ray Allen

My mission my whole career was just to be somebody that you can look at and say, 'That's the guy I want to go into battle with.'

Ray Allen

The minimum I run each day is 2 1/2 miles. I'll get to the weekend, and sometimes I'll run 10 miles. I've gotten up to 16 miles on the weekend. Running keeps me locked in.

Ray Allen

I like to get on the court three hours before the game. That way, I can get out of everybody's way, and I can do what I need to do for me and get up the shots that I need and then be in the locker room and getting my stuff taken care of physically - if I need treatment or whatever may be.

Ray Allen

I want kids to believe that I was just like they were, and to believe that they, too, can aspire to great things.

Ray Allen

I am a coach. I don't have to have a title. I have five children that need guidance.

Ray Allen

What I don't like in my job is somebody who doesn't put forth the effort. Somebody who doesn't come to play every day.

Ray Allen

It's important for parents to put kids in positions where they can succeed and to teach competition because competition exists not only in sports.

Ray Allen

Listen: God doesn't care whether or not you make your next jump shot. God will give you a lot of things in life, but he's not going to give you your jump shot. Only hard work will do that.

Ray Allen