loveforthegame
01-31-2015, 11:54 AM
http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/ian_thomsen/01/31/kawhi-leonard-knows-time-in-nearing-for-him-to-take-the-lead/index.html
Some really good quotes. Just an overall awesome read. :tu
"His ego, it's in check,'' said Popovich. "We talk about getting over yourself. He's definitely gotten over himself. He doesn't put himself before anybody. You still have to have enough of an ego to have that drive to want to put your foot in somebody's neck and compete and defeat them, and understand that that's a guy you're going against and you want to come out on top. And he has that. He has that fire in his belly.''
"Once you get to know him, you see that he's a hard worker, that he is trying to fit in and not to just do his thing,'' said Ginobili of Leonard. "He's not the most communicative, so he's not the one who is going to be asking questions, like, 'How do you do this?' or 'How was it for you in the beginning?' But you can tell that he wants to learn and that he observes and that he works. He's self-confident, but he doesn't show it. He has a lot of humility. He knows he's a great player and he's going to be better, but he doesn't express it constantly. So he's different from a lot of the guys you see these days.''
"This is a story we tell our young guys,'' said Hutson. "On Saturday mornings we have mandatory strength and conditioning in the fall before the season starts. The guys would get out and run on the field and lift, and most guys would leave after that. But every time, Kawhi would go find a gym and shoot after that. Every time. Not once, and not every now and then. It was every time. That was something that was mandatory in his eyes.''
Some really good quotes. Just an overall awesome read. :tu
"His ego, it's in check,'' said Popovich. "We talk about getting over yourself. He's definitely gotten over himself. He doesn't put himself before anybody. You still have to have enough of an ego to have that drive to want to put your foot in somebody's neck and compete and defeat them, and understand that that's a guy you're going against and you want to come out on top. And he has that. He has that fire in his belly.''
"Once you get to know him, you see that he's a hard worker, that he is trying to fit in and not to just do his thing,'' said Ginobili of Leonard. "He's not the most communicative, so he's not the one who is going to be asking questions, like, 'How do you do this?' or 'How was it for you in the beginning?' But you can tell that he wants to learn and that he observes and that he works. He's self-confident, but he doesn't show it. He has a lot of humility. He knows he's a great player and he's going to be better, but he doesn't express it constantly. So he's different from a lot of the guys you see these days.''
"This is a story we tell our young guys,'' said Hutson. "On Saturday mornings we have mandatory strength and conditioning in the fall before the season starts. The guys would get out and run on the field and lift, and most guys would leave after that. But every time, Kawhi would go find a gym and shoot after that. Every time. Not once, and not every now and then. It was every time. That was something that was mandatory in his eyes.''