So many things in sports are out of your control, so I really don't look too far ahead.

I learned that struggle was part of life.

I just try to enjoy each day.

Everybody's dream is to win a championship, but not everyone gets that chance. The only thing you can do is make sure you don't look back and have to wonder whether you did everything you could have done. I know I'll be able to look back and feel I had a good, honest career.

I guess I get the most notoriety from my shooting. But I like passing and movement, making the game easy.

I'm not going to jump over or muscle people. That's the way I've always played, the only way I know.

When I reach the line, I just know I'm going to dribble the ball twice, and when I shoot, I know it's going in. I get there and relax. I've put more in than I have missed, so in my head, I know they're going in.

Sometimes a player can look like a million bucks on tape, but in real life, the kid can't play a lick.

I always hate to pre-judge people. I like to find out for myself.

I have made some bad decisions in my own life, and people were there for me.

I missed big free throws. I had terrible shooting nights. I had games where I had 13 turnovers.

If there's a good player in New York City, he needs to come to St. John's if he wants to play the best basketball.

I'm in control of my life.

It's pretty well documented that Coach Nelson has had a big impact on my life.

St. John's University has meant so much to me and my family.

I'd much rather have guys play with each other, have the ball moving, less dribbling, more passing, aggressive and decisive. I don't want guys looking over at me to call plays; I want them out there playing.

There's not a lot I haven't done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

Life is so fragile.

For a while, I loved everything about it, every single aspect of what was supposed to be a job. The training - I loved to train. I loved the traveling. I dug being in the locker room. I didn't mind icing and heat. I dug it. It was like, 'Cool. I'd rather do this than anything.'

You don't get the ball and dribble; you get it and move it.

When you pass laterally, you screen away.

I've always found myself watching the NBA game more, even when I was coaching college. So I'll probably gravitate toward doing something in the NBA.

The one thing I'm good at is taking things day by day.

Talent always helps. Makes the coach look good.

There's not that many great swimmers from Brooklyn.

Shooting is a skill you can develop. It's repetition and confidence.

All my siblings went to college, and my parents stressed getting school work done first before we could play.

I have family and friends who are policemen and are close to my heart.

The better players you get, the better coach you are.

I would have liked to play in New York and be close to my family and friends, but since there is nothing I can do about it, I really don't care where I go.

I just want to be part of a team and get a chance to play a lot.

I have read that I was a Bill Bradley type. I wish I was a Bradley. He was one of the best. He helped his team win two championships, and that's the ultimate.

As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.

I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn.

I just always loved the game and really loved playing the game.

The older you get, you can't take time off as much as you'd like to.

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team.

Whatever you wind up doing in life, things aren't handed to you.

Being around greatness is always a thrill.

In life, you always look at the total picture, not just a segment of it.

If you asked a baseball pitcher from the '50s what a middle reliever was, he'd laugh at you. In the '50s, everyone pitched complete games.

Being a great basketball player is only part of who you are.

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

Being injured helps you appreciate your health in general.

I've played a long time and had success in a lot of areas. The one thing that eludes a lot of us is a championship. The teams that get there have guys willing to make adjustments, to sacrifice. I'm willing.

My game hasn't changed too much. I'm doing the same things as I did in college, except I'm outside more. It's tough to go inside in the pros because the players are bigger.

The biggest difference between college and pros is a lot more games and better competition day in, day out. You don't really have any nights off.

A lot of things have happened that I wish I could have just walked away from. But you wind up saying, 'This is what it is - how does it get better, or how does it affect you, or how can you influence it in a positive way?'

My four years in college, I cherished very much the opportunity to be able to stay at home.

Ray Allen is one of the fittest guys in the league.