Tracy McGrady Quotations

People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

People are really hesitant about expressing that they don't know something - but what's the big deal? I'm not ashamed about that at all.

Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to.

I think - you know, I'm a guy that - I don't live on the earth just to walk it. I live on here to make a difference.

When you have God-given talent, I think that that kind of hinders your practice habits and that's what I think it did to me.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

We felt like before the season started, leaving out all the injuries, we felt like we were going to be a pretty good team. We started out slow due to injuries. It kind of set us back a little bit. But winning that home game (against the Boston Celtics), then going on a six-game road trip, that was either going to make us or break us. It was really going to determine our season. We were hungry, and we were really confident and went 5-1.

I would have griped about (being taken out) because we were playing so well. We wanted to win this game. I was really going to talk (coach Jeff Van Gundy) into leaving me out there, even though they wanted to keep my minutes down.

I don't have a problem wearing suits, but that's not who I am, ... You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It's going to be hard for me to change.

I think the intensity from the beginning of the first quarter was there. Our overall concentration was there. We knew what we needed to do, and it helps when our shots are falling as well.

I'm still in awe of what that kid did. It was just a hell of a performance for him to shoot the ball only 46 times to score 81 points. But not just to be able to shoot it 46 times, but to shoot it 46 times and hit well over 50 per cent. There are nights I'm in the 30s of shots taken and I've been fatigued. To take 46 and 20 free throws and end up with 81 points, I didn't believe it.

I wasn't hurt or anything - just fatigue. I just really felt this trip in that second half. I felt a little sluggish in the first half, but in the second, it really jumped on me. I just didn't have any energy, any lift in my jumper, or explosiveness going to the basket. I was running in mud.

We're definitely getting up with them coming back. The last four games we're playing very well. With our best players coming back, it's only going to help improve our team even more and give us a lot more depth. ... We're back on track and hopefully we can stay like that.

We had great intensity from the start of the game. If we consistently do that, we'll be all right.

We don't know who we are. We don't know if we want to be a team that is to be reckoned with or we just want to be a team that runs off a four-game win streak and then we lay down and say, 'So what?' and just go back to our old selves. I don't know, man.

Tonight was one of those games where shots were falling for us. We felt confident in our defense that we could get stops on the defensive end. Granted, they scored 111 points, but a lot of those were contested jumpers and long three pointers.

This was just a dream. Just coming out here and interacting with the guys, hitting some balls and throwing with the guys.

We gave ourselves a great chance to win the ballgame. We got great looks. The ball just didn't bounce the way we wanted it to. We just couldn't get over that hump.

Coming into the game, I was concentrating on just getting into the game, playing defense and rebounding, getting my legs, ... I thought the rest would eventually come together.

It was a little uncomfortable. Every time I was running up and down the court, sweat is pouring and it got kind of hot in there. I just couldn't take it anymore and took it off.

I wanted to come out in the third quarter and really impose my will on this game.

As a team, we had great intensity to start the game. I think if we consistently do that and play the way we played in the first half and to come out in the third quarter, then we'll be all right.

They don't need a player like me because their starting five is a (great) five. They all know their roles and nobody tries to do too much.

It's every player's personal goal, to make the All-Star team. It's a personal accomplishment guys want to make to get a chance to participate against the elite players. Every player in this league wants to be there.

It's good to have most of our guys back healthy. What we need to concentrate on is that every day we step on that basketball court as a team, we improve individually, and we improve as a team, offensively, defensively. We just need to make strides for improvement every day.

It was a poor performance and I think we just got too comfortable with ourselves during the winning streak. Right now, I am just in a real bad funk on offense and why, I don't know. It is just very disappointing.

I've got to get myself going. Everything is on me right now.

It was just one of those games where you felt like you had to win it no matter what it took. It was a winnable game. Coach left me out there. I would be damned if I was going to come out even if he wanted. When I step onto the court, I'm out there to compete. We got the win and it was a great team effort.

It was just good to get out and have some sort of escape from all of the things I've been going through personally.

I'm not just a basketball player. I've got other talents.

I knew I could. It's all confidence. I don't ever lose that.

I'm just in a nice rhythm right now. I'm playing with a great deal of confidence.

If you don't get your touches, there's other ways to be productive for us. That's on the defensive end, blocking shots, running the floor like a thoroughbred. If you run the floor, you have a guy that's willing and able to pass you the ball and reward you for running the floor. Those types of things.

I rarely get any rest in a game, always playing 44 to 48 (minutes). Tonight, with the guys contributing, making shots and playing extremely well, I had a chance to rest, sit down and gather myself a little bit to where I came in in the fourth quarter fresh and was able to close out the game.

He can be that type of player, 20 and 10, without a doubt, without a doubt. He's unbelievable.

I'm just not a great practice player.

I don't know what life is like, I don't know how regular people live. I just can never understand it. My first job was the NBA.

I dont believe in pressure. Pressure doesnt affect me at all.

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

I work on my game daily. Because I'm never satisfied, never going to be.

I know I have to keep up my image. It's all about how you handle the situation.

My heart is definitely here, and there's no place like home.

My job is to make the players I'm playing with better. I'm going to be the cat that does a lof of the ‘other things.'

A couple of years ago, I was following players. Now, I'm trying to have guys follow me.

Many times, the game comes down to the final possession, the final shot. I want to become a better clutch performer. That's what separates the really good players from the really great players.

I'm just one guy. I can't bring the whole league closer to the fans.

There's nothing about me that's selfish.

In order to do great things, you have to take on challenges in your life. Im doing nothing but taking on different challenges.