The best Quotes by Rajon Rondo

The best Quotes by Rajon Rondo

Rajon Pierre Rondo (born February 22, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Rondo played two years of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being drafted 21st overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2006 NBA draft and subsequently traded to the Celtics in a draft-day trade.

Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.

Training Role Models

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

I'm an extension of the coach on the floor.

With the ball in your hands as the point guard, you want to be able to control the game and take care of it.

I'm not a dirty player.

The only thing that can conquer hate is love.

A lot of people didn't see me play in Sacramento. I think we had one TV game.

Sacramento Kings

People have been counting me out since Day One.

I've been basically challenged my whole life.

You don't do charity work for publicity. Well, I know I don't. Everybody's different.

This is the Boston Celtics. This isn't the Phoenix Suns. No disrespect to any other organization, but you don't hang conference titles. Do we hang going to the conference finals?

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I came from from Boston, where team-wise players were a little selfish, there was a lot of ego involved. That was the problem, there was no team-building away from the court.

Juancho Hernangómez - May 2022

Boston is a city that has the power to convince you to change what teams you root for.

Boston Boston Celtics

I know there were some ups and downs, but I will always cherish my experience in Boston. I am forever grateful that I was given the opportunity to wear a Boston Celtics uniform and play in front of the Garden faithful.

Gordon Hayward - November 2020

Do they think that I won some contest to be in the NBA? Or that I don’t have to fight every day? That I’m not the first guy on the floor and the first in the weight room? That I haven’t been waking up 5:30 my whole life to train? I’d have to think you’d are an idiot to think I’m a joke.

Brian Scalabrine

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I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything.

Jennifer Lawrence

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

Andrew Jackson

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You can't be an a-shole and a losing coach. In Kentucky, baby, winning cures all.

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I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become.

Nicole Scherzinger

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Kentucky - and that's pretty much the same thing.

There's no debate. Pau, when he retires, he will have his number in the rafters next to mine.

Kobe Bryant

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Los Angeles Lakers

Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.

Vlade Divac

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I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.

Penny Marshall

Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Clippers

Now LA has a God and a King!
Zlatan welcomes @KingJames

Zlatan Ibrahimović - July 2018

Los Angeles Lakers

Sacramento, I won't stay. But I'll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Los Angeles Lakers Sacramento Sacramento Kings

They're a veteran team that knows how to close out games and how to win basketball games. That's something that we can learn from.

Gordon Hayward - November 2015, after being defeated by the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

Barney: "Your challenge is accepted Lil, there is no girl too pretty
For I am Barney Stinson, Player King of New York City."
Ted: "You can't anoint yourself the king, just like that jerk, LeBron."
Barney: "He left the Cavs three years ago. Bro, give it up, move on."

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Cleveland Cavaliers

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

Muhammad Ali

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Ambition Training

When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

Kurt Warner

They fire coaches before players.

Doug Pederson

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

Stephen Curry

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Basketball Golden State Warriors

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

Shaquille O'Neal

Sacramento Kings

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.

Kobe Bryant in Training Camp

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I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

Michael Jordan - June 2020

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Racism 2020 Death of George Floyd

Walked into a restaurant yesterday and guy comes up and says: "Aren't you Rik Smits?"
Not quite but I appreciated his hoops knowledge…

Dirk Nowitzki - December 2023

You guys are better people than players - that means a lot!

Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup

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We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.

Michael Jordan in The Last Dance - Episode 10

You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.

LeBron James - Olympia 2012 - nach Vorrundenspiel gegen Argentinien

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I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Dennis Rodman

I love the Philippines. But they need better beer!

Gordon Herbert - September 2023, about Germany winning the World Cup

Philippines Basketball World Cup 2023

There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.

Barack Obama in The Last Dance - Episode 10

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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