Carmelo Anthony Quotes

"I’m going to get my degree. You can quote me on that."

"I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done."

"I got one year of experience. If I had gone right from high school to the NBA I probably wouldn’t be playing right now. I’d probably be struggling up there. I got a national championship out of it too."

"When I was at home, I sat down with my mom. It was a big decision for me to make. She said that if it was something I really wanted to do then… I sat down with Coach Boeheim and… Basically, I really don’t want to leave, to be honest with you. We won a national championship. I don’t know, we didn’t lose. We won a national championship. I brought Coach Boeheim what he was waiting for for 27 years. "

"First of all I just want to thank my coaching staff, and my teammates and the whole Syracuse program for allowing me to just come here and just do one year. I know a lot of coaches wouldn’t have kept a player just for one year. So I just wanted to give all my thanks to Coach Boeheim for taking me in and bringing me in as one of his family members. He treated me like a son this year. I really want to thank him a lot."

"I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong."

"The same things I offered here. I’m a leader. I’m probably one of the best teammates. I was there for my teammates when they needed me, on and off the court."

"I just want to get on the court."

"I’m here in front of you today to announce that I will not be coming back next year. I will be moving on to the pros."

"Right now I don’t have any expectations. Just to go in there and hopefully I’ll play as soon as I get there and hopefully get in the situation with a team where I’ll be taken into a family like this one."

"I have to get ready for the next level. I have to start working out now, get my body right."

"It’s hard to judge myself. But I got a lot of improving to do. Nobody ever said I was perfect so I got a lot to work on."

"Moving on is the opportunity to take care of my family, something I’ve always wanted to do. Growing up I always wanted to be the one to take care of my family. Now I have the opportunity to do that."