65 Quotes by Shane Battier

Once he's been around the block one time, he'll figure out how guys play. He's doing that in the second half of the season and that means you can put him in more situations.

If you don't feel good about yourself, you're not going to play good basketball. I don't care who you are. We've accomplished what we wanted by playing solid basketball in April. At the end of the day, it's about what you do; if you execute.

If you try to mess with the basketball gods, they punish you in the end. All the talk of massaging and losing games, that's not in our minds right now. We're trying to win every single game each time we step on the court. Wherever we are at the end of the year, hopefully we'll have some momentum and play well in the playoffs.

In reality, we're trying to win every game. That's the bottom line.

He's not the biggest guy in the world, but he does have a fearless streak in him. He has that quickness about him around the basket, where he can finish well, and he's probably the one guy on our team that can ignite the crowd.

I'll save that for Mrs. Battier.

I've always thought that pressure is trying to feed your family, trying to make a mortgage. We play a game...And this is an amazing game.

Sometimes you've got to eat a turd sandwich; makes the ribeye taste better next time.

I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.