A lot of time, you play well and you do good work, but you are not on a good team, so it really doesn’t mean anything. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I can do a lot more by shooting from outside, score inside, penetrate, and make opportunities for others. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
Quite frankly, Minnesota was where my career kind of turned around, and it all had to do with Flip Saunders and his coaching prowess and his system. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I’m not the fastest player, but you can’t really play up on me because my handles are good enough where I can get around you. But you can’t play off of me, because I can shoot. And if smaller guys try to defend me, I’ll back them down. I’m a good post player. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I got ‘Smooth’ when I was growing up. I got ‘Bigshot’ playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me ‘Smooth.’ Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I got into a lot of fights, but it wasn’t because of my name. Being from the neighborhood with a name like Chauncey, people think I got picked on. But a lot of strange names come out of the neighborhood. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I wanted to be one of the best players of my era at my position. And I did that, and I earned that. No one gave that to me. I earned every single thing. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That’s what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that’s when you kind of know it’s that time. Chauncey Billups Read Quote
