41+ Kevin Garnett Quotes On Basketball, Culture And Teamwork

Kevin Garnett is an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA for 21 seasons. He is a 15-time All-Star, 4-time NBA rebounding champion, and the only player in NBA history to win the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and All-Star Game MVP awards in the same season. Garnett won an NBA championship in 2008 with the Boston Celtics and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Kevin Garnett on leadership, basketball, culture.

Top 10 Kevin Garnett Quotes

1. I'm like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. If I'm not ready, the sled isn't going to go.
2. This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.
3. I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.
4. I want to be known as the best teammate ever.
5. I'm very simple. I'm not for the flashes, I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know.
6. The beautiful thing about when you go through a slide is that you learn from it. Not just saying that you learn from it, but applying the things that you have learned.
7. I don't play to sweat, I play to win.
8. They're really aggressive. They're like roaches on bread - you drop some on the floor and, boom, they're on it.
9. I'm not a star, man. If a guy came in here and shot you and shot me, we'd both be two dead people. You understand?
10. I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper.

Kevin Garnett Short Quotes

• There are a lot of things that frustrate me. I get frustrated when I have to wait at a red light.
• We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.
• Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been.
• Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.
• I learned one thing - never hate a positive option.

Kevin Garnett Quotes About People

The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional. — Kevin Garnett

It's scary when one day the city is there and the next day it's gone. To see the water actual kill people, I couldn't believe it. I never fathomed it could bury a city. — Kevin Garnett

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did. — Kevin Garnett

I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett Quotes About Flip

I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I think he will be in this league quicker than sooner. — Kevin Garnett

Going from Flip to Kev, obviously you don't want to see someone ever lose their job. For me it's probably a little more difficult, because other than Bill Blair, Flip is all I knew. — Kevin Garnett

Flip's a player's coach, and I do know one thing, he motivates better than anybody I know. His system is very oriented around the point guard. He and Steph (Marbury) had a great relationship when Steph was in Minnesota. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett Quotes About Coach

We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves. — Kevin Garnett

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. — Kevin Garnett

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to. — Kevin Garnett

Coaching takes patience. — Kevin Garnett

Kevin Garnett Famous Quotes And Sayings

This is it. It's for all the marbles. I'm sitting in the house loading up the pump, I'm loading up the Uzis, I've got a couple of M-16s, couple of nines, couple of joints with some silencers on them, couple of grenades, got a missile launcher. I'm ready for war. — Kevin Garnett

Sometimes when I hear commentating, it's sickening. People who never played the game, people who never played in the league have an opinion, and that's all it is. You are here to educate the watcher or the viewer. Sometimes it comes off as personal. I don't ever want to come off like that. My opinion is my opinion about someone. — Kevin Garnett

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate. — Kevin Garnett

Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us. — Kevin Garnett

Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don't just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y'all know what I'm talking about. If y'all can't cook, this doesn't concern you. — Kevin Garnett

They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone — Kevin Garnett

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms. — Kevin Garnett

When you first come out, it's transition. You gotta find your routine, days you don't feel like doing it, you don't have to do it. But you know, it's in you. I like to think anyone wants to look good, I'm no different from that. More importantly, I wanna be healthy enough to run with my kids. — Kevin Garnett

If anybody knows me, knows that I'm a workhorse, not just on the floor, but psychologically. I meditate a lot, I like to get massages, do yoga. I like to keep a balance. — Kevin Garnett

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad? — Kevin Garnett

In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in. — Kevin Garnett

I think when you get tired of something or someone annoys you, there's two things you can do. You can ignore it and keep going, or you can stand up and say stop. — Kevin Garnett

Too much coffee. Too much coffee and Gatorade. It's a hell of a mix. If you're ever tired in the morning, just try that mix, and tell me what you think. — Kevin Garnett

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me. — Kevin Garnett

So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm. — Kevin Garnett

Life Lessons by Kevin Garnett

1. Kevin Garnett is a great example of hard work and dedication paying off, as he was able to go from a high school basketball star to a 15-time NBA All-Star.
2. He also taught us that it is important to stay focused on your goals and not be distracted by the opinions of others.
3. Lastly, he showed us that with the right attitude and work ethic, you can achieve anything you set your mind to.