A biography for Robert Horryhasn’t been written yet.
“The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in me. Once you get that belief in you, it's easy to play basketball, so, we really never had so-called role players.”
“A luck shot is one of those guys who has no form.”
“People throw legacy and dynasty around a bit too much.”
“Learn your craft. You want to be a doctor or a teacher - it's very important to learn your craft and indulge in it. You have to get involved and learn as much as possible and go for it.”
“I'm very happy with my career, don't get me wrong.”
“I had some moments in my career where I'd walk on the court, and I look around and feel, 'Oh, I'm the best one out here.' But then you go on another court, and you could be the worst player out there.”
“You want to win a championship, but you want to be considered one of the best of all time. All-Star. Hall of Fame.”
“Pressure can make a diamond. Pressure makes me play better because I don't want to let my teammates or my fans down, and that makes me play extra hard.”
“I never cared for stuff like the All-Star Game.”
“It's hard to close people out, regardless whether you're sweeping them or ending the series, period. It's hard.”
“It takes a lot to become a dynasty.”
“When you win a championship, period, it never hits you until you get home the next day.”
“I'm not a big golfer, but I love to go get a bucket of balls and just smack the balls around. That's my type of game. When I do play, it's mostly in charity tournaments.”
“You go out there and do what you need to do.”
“You put pressure on yourself to go out and do better. And when you try to do too much, and you're thinking about it too much, it can throw your game off.”
“A lot of guys... they want to take the big shot, and they talk about it because they're scared of it. You never heard me talk about it. You heard a lot of guys talk about it. But you don't have to talk about it, because if you have the confidence in yourself, and your team believes in you, you don't fear anything. You don't fear losing.”
“Everybody has to do their role very well to win a championship.”
“I don't worry about being bothered by the media. Either I'm going to talk or not talk.”
“If you're in big-time situations all the time - like for me, high school was big-time situations, college, big time situations - you adapt.”
“I always say the Boston Celtics of the 1960s were the only true dynasty, because they won nine titles in a 10-year span.”