Jason Terry Quotes

My mission is to kill; whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers. Hopefully both. That's my mission, and that's what I'm here to do.

Every time I step on the court I want to be up there with the best.

You've got to love the game and the game will love you back.

To be one of the special ones, you've got to want to take that shot-you've also got to be willing to fail, learn from it, come back and take that shot again.

Being on the Reebok brand for eight years now, I understand where their focus is and who they cater their on-court and off-court shoes towards. Right now, it's basically the movement. There's a new retro- it's in style, it's hot and again it's all about comfort. Comfort for me is everything. I've played many and many of basketball games and so now when I'm off the court, I still want to put something on that's comfortable but still be able to have the style of a basketball-type shoe.

I've won at every level.

I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up to NBA players and NFL players. Today these kids look up me.

My idol, Gary Payton, played 19 years. I definitely want to try to reach that.

In high school, I was just a guy who ran the court and played defense. Now I have the whole package.

If you can take pride in what you're doing on defense, it's going to be pretty hard for that offensive opponent to go by you or make a shot over you.

I dedicated myself to the game and never disrespected it.

Im not impressed by anything the Miami Heat does.

I'm amazed at my progress.

Obviously, I know what I'm best at: catch-and-shoot. But I can put the ball on the floor.

Whether you're a veteran like me or a high school athlete, the most important thing you can do is keep your body healthy.

Obviously, you want to get the best deal possible for yourself, but teams just don't want to spend that money for fear of being in the luxury tax.