Quotes by Steve Nash

About Steve Nash:

Stephen John Nash is a Canadian retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an eight-time NBA All-Star and a two-time recipient of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) point guard also led the league in assists five times.
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I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.

Steve Nash

Play because it's fun, and not to become a pro. If your goal is to become pro, the best way to realize that is by loving what you do.

Steve Nash

My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.

Steve Nash

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

Steve Nash

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA.

Steve Nash

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.

Steve Nash

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

Steve Nash

What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.

Steve Nash

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

Steve Nash

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Steve Nash

You have to rely on your preparation. You got to really be passionate and try to prepare more than anyone else, and put yourself in a position to succeed, and when the moment comes you got to enjoy, relax, breathe and rely on your preparation so that...

Steve Nash

Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.

Steve Nash

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

Steve Nash

I use a lot of balance training and functional training. Basically it's where you add an element of instability to a regular exercise. So whether it's on the physioball or the Bosu ball or just balancing on one leg, I try to incorporate an instable p...

Steve Nash

Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate to that so much.

Steve Nash

I had role models in my community, guys that were older than me and played at university or on the national team. Eli Pasquale was always around UVic when I was a young player, and the national team was around Victoria a little bit, so I got to watch...

Steve Nash

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play.

Steve Nash

It's a strange one - I've been away for 20 years now; I've been away longer than I lived in Canada, but for some reason I remain wholly Canadian.

Steve Nash

I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice.

Steve Nash

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.

Steve Nash

Author Bio

  • NameSteve Nash
  • DescriptionCanadian professional basketball player
  • BornFebruary 7, 1974
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionBasketball Player; Sportsperson
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Canada; NBA Most Valuable Player Award