Basketball player Quotes · Page 6

I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.

— Dennis Rodman

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

— Anthony Bennett

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

— Warren Moon

We knew he was a basketball player, but we saw him as our dad.

— Domantas Sabonis

I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.

— Josh Howard

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

— John Wooden

I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

— John Amaechi

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears.

— Elvin Hayes

I'm not a political man. I'm a basketball player. So that's what I have to do first. But second, I will try…

— Toni Kukoc

Who's to say because you're just a basketball player, or you are a basketball player, who's to say you can't chime in…

— Jaylen Brown

He's a great father - I don't view him as a coach. He gives me advice as a person and as a…

— Austin Rivers

The reality is, like, women's basketball players are playing against women. And we're all in the same boat the same way men's…

— Sue Bird

I'm a big Knicks fan, and I will tell a professional basketball player that they suck because they didn't do what I…

— Michael Che

First, I'm a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited…

— Spencer Dinwiddie

When I went blind at 13, I realized that I wasn't going to be a good baseball or basketball player like I…

— Erik Weihenmayer

I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees,…

— Matt Kemp

I'm JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I'm just really passionate about music and I don't want people…

— JaVale McGee

If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best…

— Bobby Knight

There's a lot of people that think I'm a terrible basketball player, so it's just gonna piss me off. And if it's…

— Jimmy Butler

No player in the NBA was born wanting to play basketball. The desire to play ball or to read must be planted.…

— Jim Trelease

So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it…

— Julius Erving

I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the…

— Calvin Ayre

I think it would've been a little easier if I grew up in America; they've got better conditions for basketball players. At…

— Joel Embiid

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Some people want it to…

— Michael Jordan

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

— Paul George

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

— Dirk Nowitzki

You always - as a basketball player, as a competitor - that's where you speak most: on the court.

— Luol Deng

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

— Paul Millsap

You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.

— Gary Payton

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

— John Wooden

“What does a basketball player do before he blows out his candles? A: He makes a swish!”

— Uncle Amon

My older brothers were both basketball players so I just grew up around the gym.

— Brook Lopez

When I started out, I was a basketball player at Texas Wesleyan University.

— The Undertaker

I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor.

— DeMarcus Cousins

Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

— Billy Donovan

Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.

— Eli Manning

In high school, I had size and I had raw potential, but as a basketball player I was hot garbage.

— Channing Frye

Every basketball player wants to wear their team's throwback jerseys.

— Jared Dudley

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

— Stephen Jackson

I think I'm a basketball player before I'm a point guard or a shooting guard.

— Tyrese Haliburton