Facts about Isaiah Thomas

Occup.	Athlete
From	USA
Born	April 30, 1961
Age	64 years

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Isaiah Thomas is a famous Athlete from USA, he/she is 64 years old and still alive, born April 30, 1961.

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He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Isaiah.

"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life"

Isaiah Thomas

"It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish"

Isaiah Thomas

"It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?"

Isaiah Thomas

"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it"

Isaiah Thomas

"We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players"

Isaiah Thomas

"The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball"

Isaiah Thomas

"It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands"

Isaiah Thomas

"I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one"

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"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league"

Isaiah Thomas

"How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?"

Isaiah Thomas

"All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that"

Isaiah Thomas

"You have to develop your whole game to completion"

Isaiah Thomas

"I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game"

Isaiah Thomas

"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills"

Isaiah Thomas

"You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do"

Isaiah Thomas

"My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball"

Isaiah Thomas

"Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on"

Isaiah Thomas

"I love what I'm doing"

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"The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction"

Isaiah Thomas

"I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team"

Isaiah Thomas

"We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things"

Isaiah Thomas

"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient"

Isaiah Thomas

"My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work"

Isaiah Thomas

"Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player"

Isaiah Thomas

"Everybody wants to be perfect"

Isaiah Thomas

"It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players"

Isaiah Thomas

"I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work"

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"My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game"

Isaiah Thomas

"Most players in this league say they want consistency"

Isaiah Thomas

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