The minimum I run each day is 2 1/2 miles. I’ll get to the weekend, and sometimes I’ll run 10 miles. I’ve gotten up to 16 miles on the weekend. Running keeps me locked in. Ray Allen Read Quote
When you get traded, the first thing you have to do is self-reflect and think about how you can get better. It has only helped me become a better player and think the game through. Ray Allen Read Quote
As a team, we’re all inside a bubble. Each of us only has so much room to operate. You have to carve out your space and recognize that because of someone else’s needs, you might have to compromise a bit. Ray Allen Read Quote
I’m always going to be a Celtic no matter what. It’s always going to be in my veins. Once you live there and play for that team and win a championship, it doesn’t matter where you go. Ray Allen Read Quote
I have a taste for a lot of different kinds of music… everything, from hip-hop to jazz to R&B to top 40 to alternative. There’s a lot of good music out there. Every now and then, I’ll flip through VH1 and watch the videos… the only thing I really don’t listen to is country. Ray Allen Read Quote
Money can make people look at you in strange ways. You get phone calls from people you haven’t spoken with in a long time, and they’ll leave a message saying, ‘Do me a favor, call me back. I have something I want to ask you.’ I’m not going to answer those calls, because there’s always something behind it, like a loan. Ray Allen Read Quote
I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA. The secret is there is no secret. It’s just boring old habits. Ray Allen Read Quote
I like to get on the court three hours before the game. That way, I can get out of everybody’s way, and I can do what I need to do for me and get up the shots that I need and then be in the locker room and getting my stuff taken care of physically – if I need treatment or whatever may be. Ray Allen Read Quote
Every camp I do, I’m always trying to figure out how I can help kids get better, so holding the actual title of coach, that doesn’t matter to me. In life, I’m a coach. I think we all are. Ray Allen Read Quote
I know what my purpose is. I know what I need to do out there on the floor. Sometimes you won’t score a bunch of points, but breathing confidence into the people around you is the biggest key, the biggest role. Ray Allen Read Quote